Wender·Vista
Cooper Spur / Eliot Glacier on Mount Hood
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileOregon
on the northeast shoulder of Mount Hood

Cooper Spur / Eliot Glacier on Mount Hood

— — the side of the mountain the morning sun hits first.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“The high northeast ridge of Mount Hood, climbing from the old Cloud Cap Inn toward a stone shelter at about 8,500 feet. Below the ridge, Eliot Glacier, the mountain's largest, moves quietly downhill in inches per year. Climbers leave the trailhead before light. By mid-morning the snow on the spur reads the colour of cold iron. — from the studio

from the studio
Cooper Spur / Eliot Glacier on Mount Hood
— bring it home

Cooper Spur / Eliot Glacier on Mount Hood, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
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Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Cooper Spur / Eliot Glacier on Mount Hood

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

Cooper Spur is a ridge on the northeast flank of Mount Hood, the 11,249-foot stratovolcano in Mount Hood National Forest. The route climbs from Cloud Cap Saddle at about 5,900 feet to a small stone shelter near 8,500 feet, above the head of Eliot Glacier, the largest glacier on the mountain by volume. Forest Road 3512 reaches Cloud Cap Inn, built in 1889 and one of the oldest mountain hostelries in the Pacific Northwest. The whole north side drains into the Hood River valley below.

— the air

Above 8,000 feet the air on the spur thins and the wind off the glacier carries the smell of cold rock. Eliot Glacier loses several feet of thickness each summer and has retreated more than 600 feet from its early-twentieth-century terminus, per US Geological Survey monitoring. On a clear morning Mount Adams rises 35 miles to the north and Mount St. Helens lies just beyond. Cloud sits on the spur more days than not. The mountain makes its own weather, and the north side gets it first.

— the season

The climbing season on Cooper Spur runs from late May through July, when the snow has firmed and the bergschrund at the top of Eliot Glacier is still bridged. By August the ice opens and crevasses become the limit. In winter Cloud Cap Road closes and the route is reached on skis or snowshoes from Tilly Jane. The old Cooper Spur Ski Area on the lower flank, three rope tows and a small day lodge, has run intermittently since the 1920s.

— where
United States · Hood River County, Oregon
— within
Mount Hood National Forest
— elevation
2,591 m · 8,500 ft
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
2 km NE
Cloud Cap Inn
historic lodge
3 km NE
Tilly Jane A-Frame
backcountry cabin
11 km SW
Timberline Lodge
historic lodge
32 km N
Hood River
town
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Cooper Spur / Eliot Glacier on Mount Hood
Cloud Cap Inn
Tilly Jane A-Frame
Timberline Lodge
Hood River
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Cooper Spur / Eliot Glacier on Mount Hood — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

Mount Hood rises to 11,249 feet, making it the tallest peak in Oregon and the fourth-tallest in the Cascade Range. It is a potentially active stratovolcano, last erupting in the 1860s.

Eliot Glacier is the largest glacier on Mount Hood by volume, flowing down the mountain's north flank. Named for Thomas Lamb Eliot, it feeds the West Fork of the Hood River.

The standard approach uses Forest Road 3512 to Cloud Cap Saddle at about 5,900 feet, then climbs the spur to a stone shelter near 8,500 feet, built in the 1930s.

The climbing window runs from late May through July. After that the bergschrund at the head of Eliot Glacier opens and routes on the north side become technical and unbridged.

Cloud Cap Inn is a timber lodge built in 1889 on a ridge above the Eliot Branch. It is among the oldest surviving mountain hostelries in the Pacific Northwest and is listed on the National Register.

— about the piece in your home

Many of our customers send this piece to climbers and Wy'east locals. The northeast view from Cooper Spur is the one climbers remember. A Medium with a handwritten note carries the morning light well.

The cold-iron palette and stained-glass linework read well in Mountain-modern, Alpine-modern, and Pacific-Northwest-cabin rooms. It pairs cleanly with raw timber and matte black metal in more contemporary settings.

A single Large reads well above a console or narrow entryway. Over a sofa, a 4-tile Mural carries the ridge across the wall; a 9-tile Mural for a long open room.

Yes. Specify the Dura Satin or Matte finish for vertical installations in baths, showers, kitchens, and backsplashes. The colour lives in the surface and tolerates steam and daily wear.

A soft microfibre cloth with water. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, so it does not wear off with normal handling.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is curated by Reid Wender and finished in our Knoxville studio. No licensing, no third-party prints. Each tile carries the studio mark on the back.

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