The "backside" of the mountain here in Crested Butte is called the Paradise Bowl. The name "Paradise" belies a confidence, even an arrogance about the place despite there being quite a number of other, proper bowls which are further afield than Paradise and which have more demanding terrain. The fact is, however, that when conditions are just so and the snow falls deep and impossibly light, this very uncrowded place really reaches into that realm of otherworldly fantastic. Paradise. Today was such a day. It snowed all last night and all day today, and it's still dumping snow on us now. Tomorrow, the skiing likely will be even better, which frankly is hard to imagine. Paradise it is for these few days, and in our collective memory it always will be.
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