shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileWyoming

east of Laramie, in the Medicine Bow National Forest

Vedauwoo climbing crags

Name: Vedauwoo climbing crags — on ceramic tile, by WenderVista
Brand: WenderVista

— — granite that bites back.

— 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

“Pink Sherman granite rises in piled towers above the high prairie between Cheyenne and Laramie. Climbers come for the offwidths, the wide grainy cracks that take a knee and a shoulder rather than a hand. The rock eats skin. The reward is a route on coarse 1.4-billion-year-old granite with antelope grazing the meadow below.

from the studio

— bring it home

Vedauwoo climbing crags, 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 Vedauwoo climbing crags

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

Vedauwoo (pronounced VEE-da-voo) is a climbing and scrambling area in the Sherman Mountains of southeastern Wyoming, in the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest. It lies a few miles north of Interstate 80, roughly halfway between Cheyenne and Laramie, at about 8,100 feet elevation. The exit at Vedauwoo Road serves the recreation area, campground, and the trailheads for Turtle Rock, Walt's Wall, and the Nautilus. The name comes from an Arapaho word commonly glossed as 'earth-born spirit.'

— informed by Wikipedia — Vedauwoo, USFS — Vedauwoo Recreation Area

— the stone

The crags are weathered Sherman Granite, a coarse pink-and-grey rock crystallised roughly 1.4 billion years ago and exhumed by long erosion of the overlying sediments. The grain is famously rough, with feldspar crystals up to several centimetres across, which gives Vedauwoo both its bite and its grip. The same pluton runs east into the Laramie Range. Climbers know the rock as the home of American offwidth: cracks wider than a fist, narrower than a body, that require knee-locks, chicken-wings, and full-body torque.

— informed by Wyoming State Geological Survey

— the visit

Vedauwoo is open year-round; the main season runs May through October, with summer afternoons warm and frequent thunderstorms after 2 p.m. A day-use fee applies at the developed sites; dispersed parking is free along the forest roads. The Turtle Rock loop is a roughly 3-mile walk that circles the central formation past the most famous cracks. Camping at Vedauwoo Campground is first-come, first-served. The nearest fuel and food are in Laramie, about 20 miles west on I-80.

— informed by USFS — Vedauwoo Recreation Area

— where

United States · Albany County, Wyoming

— within

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest

— elevation

2,470 m · 8,100 ft

— position

41.1539° N · 105.3736° 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.

32 km W

Laramie

city

50 km E

Cheyenne

city

75 km W

Snowy Range

mountain range

5 km S

Ames Monument

stone monument

Vedauwoo climbing crags

Laramie

Cheyenne

Snowy Range

Ames Monument

— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Vedauwoo climbing crags — and about bringing the piece home.

— about the place

Vedauwoo is in the Sherman Mountains of southeastern Wyoming, in the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest. It sits just north of Interstate 80, about halfway between Cheyenne and Laramie, at roughly 8,100 feet elevation.

VEE-da-voo. The name comes from an Arapaho word commonly translated as 'earth-born spirit,' and the area held cultural significance for the Arapaho and other Plains peoples long before climbers arrived.

Sherman Granite, a coarse pink-and-grey plutonic rock crystallised about 1.4 billion years ago. Large feldspar crystals give the surface its grainy, abrasive texture and famously sharp friction.

The natural jointing in the granite produced many wide cracks, larger than a fist and smaller than a body. These offwidths require knee-locks, chicken-wings, and full-body torque, and Vedauwoo is among their American proving grounds.

May through October. Mornings are coolest; summer thunderstorms commonly build after 2 p.m. Spring and autumn give long stretches of dry rock, with snow possible into May and from October.

Yes. Vedauwoo Campground is a first-come, first-served Forest Service site with a small fee. Dispersed camping is allowed along nearby forest roads, subject to standard Medicine Bow rules.

— about the piece in your home

Yes. The crags are a rite of passage for crack climbers and a return-trip habit for many who came up through Front Range gyms. A Small or Medium with a handwritten note from the studio carries well.

The warm pink granite and high-prairie palette sit at home in Mountain-modern, Western-modern, and earth-toned Minimalist rooms. The piece pairs well with raw wood, leather, and unglazed pottery.

Yes. Alpine modern interiors lean on textured stone and grounded earth tones, and Sherman Granite reads as both. The Medium hangs cleanly above a low credenza or a reading bench.

A single Large reads as a framed window above a standard sofa. A four-tile Mural opens the formation across a wider wall; a nine-tile Mural turns the crag into the room.

Yes. Order the Dura Satin or Matte finish for vertical installations near water and steam. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure and lives in the surface itself.

A soft microfibre cloth and water. No abrasives, no ammonia-based cleaners. The thin glossy finish wipes clean and the colour does not sit on top of the tile.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is original to a single studio in Knoxville, Tennessee, curated by Reid Wender. No licensing, no third-party imagery.

— if this one stayed with you