Wender·Vista
Crater Lake winter rim snow
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileOregon
on the deep-snow rim of Crater Lake

Crater Lake winter rim snow

— — forty feet of winter above the bowl.

— 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 rim of Crater Lake gets one of the heaviest sustained snowfalls in the lower 48, about 41 feet a year. By March the buildings at Rim Village are dwarfed by their own roofs of snow. The caldera below holds its cobalt through the white months, dark and still, while the wind on the rim runs sideways past the lodge. — from the studio

from the studio
Crater Lake winter rim snow
— bring it home

Crater Lake winter rim snow, 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
— start a Coaster Set

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 Crater Lake winter rim snow

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

The rim of Crater Lake circles a caldera that formed when Mount Mazama collapsed about 7,700 years ago. The rim road climbs between 6,500 and 7,900 feet, with the highest point at Cloudcap Overlook on the east side. Mount Scott, the highest point in the park at 8,929 feet, sits on the eastern rim. Rim Village on the south side holds Crater Lake Lodge and the Sinnott Memorial Overlook. The lake surface, 1,943 feet deep at its centre, rests at 6,178 feet.

— the season

Snow begins in October and does not fully leave the rim until July. Annual snowfall averages around 41 feet, one of the deepest sustained accumulations of any developed national park area in the lower 48 states. Plows work the south entrance road through the winter to keep Rim Village reachable; Rim Drive itself stays closed under drifts that can exceed 20 feet. The Crater Lake National Park snow gauge, in operation since 1931, is among the longest-running snowfall records in the Cascades.

— the silence

Winter on the rim is quiet in a particular way. The park sees a fraction of its summer visitors. Inside the caldera the wind drops; the wall of the rim blocks most weather. Outside, on the open rim road, the wind crosses ten or twenty miles of open snow without resistance. Ranger-led snowshoe walks leave Rim Village on weekends from late November through April. The rest of the time the snow holds the sound, and the lake below absorbs what little remains.

— where
United States · Klamath County, Oregon
— within
Crater Lake National Park
— elevation
2,164 m · 7,100 ft
— position
42.9118° N · 122.1453° W
— 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.
0.3 km E
Crater Lake Lodge
historic hotel
0.2 km N
Sinnott Memorial Overlook
viewpoint
11 km S
Mazama Village
village
13 km E
Mount Scott
rim summit
N
Crater Lake winter rim snow
Crater Lake Lodge
Sinnott Memorial Overlook
Mazama Village
Mount Scott
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Crater Lake winter rim snow — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

The rim averages about 41 feet of snow per year, among the deepest sustained snowfalls of any developed national park area in the lower 48 states. Drifts often exceed 20 feet.

Snow lingers on the rim into July. Rim Drive typically opens once plows clear the deepest drifts, usually in early July, and closes again with the first heavy storms in late October.

The rim climbs between roughly 6,500 and 7,900 feet, with the highest point at Mount Scott on the east at 8,929 feet. The lake surface itself rests at 6,178 feet.

Yes. The south entrance road is plowed to Rim Village through the winter. Crater Lake Lodge closes for the season, but the visitor centre and ranger-led snowshoe walks operate on weekends.

The park's snow gauge has been in operation since 1931, making it one of the longest continuous snowfall records in the Oregon Cascades. The lake itself has been observed since the 1880s.

— about the piece in your home

Many customers send this to park staff, plow operators, and rangers who know the rim in February. The forty-foot snow year is part of the place's identity. A Medium reads it well.

The white-on-cobalt reads well in Mountain-modern, Alpine-modern, and Scandinavian-modern rooms. It also sits clean against white oak, linen, and aged-iron hardware in Pacific-Northwest cabin spaces.

A Large reads well above a console or narrow entryway. Over a sofa a 4-tile Mural carries the snowdrift and rim view across the wall; a 9-tile Mural for a long open room.

Yes. Specify the Dura Satin or Matte finish for steam and daily wear. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure and lives in the surface itself.

A soft microfibre cloth with water. No solvents or abrasives. The surface tolerates daily wear and the colour cannot be wiped off because it is bonded into the ceramic.

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

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