shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileVermont

in Jeffersonville, on the north side of the pass

Smugglers' Notch resort base

Name: Smugglers' Notch resort base — on ceramic tile, by WenderVista
Brand: WenderVista

— — a village of small lights at the foot of three mountains.

— 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

— 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

“A family ski village built into the north slope of the pass, three mountains rising directly above it. Morse holds the learning terrain at the base; Madonna and Sterling sit further back with the steeper trails. The condos cluster around a small pond that freezes for skating. Children carry skis taller than they are between the bunny hill and the village pool. The whole place reads quieter than its neighbour over the ridge.

from the studio

— bring it home

Smugglers' Notch resort base, 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 Smugglers' Notch resort base

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

Smugglers' Notch Resort lies in Jeffersonville, Vermont, at the north end of Vermont Route 108, about six miles below the pass it shares a name with. The resort opened in 1956 and connects three peaks, Morse Mountain at 2,250 feet, Madonna Mountain at 3,640 feet, and Sterling Mountain at 3,010 feet, by lifts and trails. Mount Mansfield, Vermont's highest summit at 4,395 feet, sits over the ridge to the south. The resort holds about 1,000 acres of skiable terrain and ranks among the larger family-focused ski areas in the eastern United States.

— informed by Wikipedia — Smugglers' Notch Resort

— the visit

The base village holds about 600 condominium units, a small pond used for skating in winter, an indoor recreation centre called FunZone 2.0, and a learning area called Sir Henry's Hill. Lift tickets are sold by the day or the season. The resort runs a children's program called Snow Sport University with separate progressions from age three through teen. Madonna and Sterling reach by the Madonna I quad and the Sterling double; the Notch chair connects the two upper peaks for trail laps across the back side.

— informed by Smugglers' Notch Resort

— the season

Ski season at Smugglers' typically opens in late November and runs through mid-April, depending on cover. Average snowfall is about 280 inches at the upper elevations. Summer operations include the water park, a disc-golf course, and a chairlift accessing hiking from the upper terminals. Foliage on the resort slopes peaks in early October. Route 108 over the pass closes for the winter, so south-side traffic to Stowe must take Route 15 to Route 100, about a forty-minute drive on plowed roads.

— informed by Smugglers' Notch Resort — Snow Report

— where

United States · Jeffersonville, Cambridge, Lamoille County, Vermont

— position

44.6056° N · 72.7919° 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.

2 km S

Madonna Mountain

ski peak

2 km SE

Sterling Mountain

ski peak

9 km S

Mount Mansfield summit

alpine summit

4 km N

Jeffersonville village

Vermont village

Smugglers' Notch resort base

Madonna Mountain

Sterling Mountain

Mount Mansfield summit

Jeffersonville village

— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Smugglers' Notch resort base — and about bringing the piece home.

— about the place

Morse, Madonna, and Sterling. Morse holds the learning terrain at the base, Madonna is the highest of the three at 3,640 feet, and Sterling sits between them. All three connect by lift and shared trail.

1956, with a single lift on Madonna. The base village and the connecting lifts to Sterling and Morse came in stages through the 1960s and 1970s as the resort expanded its family programming.

Both share the Mount Mansfield massif. Smugglers' faces north from Jeffersonville, Stowe faces south from the other side. Smugglers' leans family; Stowe leans destination-resort. In winter the connecting pass road is closed.

Annual snowfall averages about 280 inches at the upper elevations of Madonna and Sterling. Snowmaking covers a majority of the open terrain on the lower slopes and the learning area at the base village.

The resort has built its identity on family and learning programs. Sir Henry's Hill and the Morse base offer separate beginner terrain insulated from faster traffic, with a dedicated learning lift and progression coaching.

An indoor recreation centre at the base village with a small water park, climbing walls, and arcade games. It runs year-round and is included with many lodging packages, especially for families with younger children.

— about the piece in your home

Yes. The resort runs on multi-generational return visits, and the village view names the trip. The tile shows the three peaks above the base condos as the families know them. A Small or Medium with a handwritten note carries well.

The piece works in cabin-modern, alpine-modern, and warm-traditional rooms. The blue-and-white winter palette reads well against unpainted pine, navy textiles, brass fittings, and cream wool.

Yes. Alpine-modern rooms lean on a single named-place anchor over a clean wood-and-wool base. The lit village under three peaks is the shape that style asks for.

A single Large reads cleanly above a six-foot console. Above a standard sofa, a four-tile Mural carries the proportion better; for a longer wall, the nine-tile Mural reads as a window.

Yes, with the Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both are scratch-resistant and tolerate humidity. The Glossy is best kept to drier walls where the sheen does the work.

A microfibre cloth, dry or barely damp with water. No abrasive sprays, no ammonia. The colour lives in the ceramic surface and will not lift over time.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is painted in our studio, with no licensing in or out. Reid Wender chooses each place that enters the atlas, by hand.

— if this one stayed with you