Trail Ridge Road Rocky Mountain National Park Ceramic Art Tile

Forty-eight miles of pavement across the top of Rocky Mountain National Park, climbing to 12,183 feet at the summit. It is the highest continuous paved road in North America. Eight of those miles run through alpine tundra, country above where any tree can grow. Pull-offs at Rainbow Curve and Forest Canyon. The Ute crossed this ridge for centuries before the road existed; their stone cairns still mark the older route over Forest Canyon Pass. Closed by snow from late October until Memorial Day, when crews dig out drifts that can stand twenty-five feet deep.

Slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, in our family studio in Knoxville, Tennessee.