Tundra Communities trail Rocky Mountain National Park Ceramic Art Tile

A paved half-mile that leaves Trail Ridge Road and walks straight into the alpine tundra. The trailhead sits at about 12,110 feet at Rock Cut. The path ends at the Toll Memorial above 12,300 feet, among granite formations the wind and ice have shaped over millennia. In July and August the ground is laced with moss campion, alpine forget-me-not, and the alpine sunflower that grows only in the Rocky Mountains. Pikas call from the rocks. Some of the plants on the path are older than the road itself. A walk to take slowly.

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