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Paradise Bowl at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Intermediate · 641 m long with 124 m of vertical, averaging 11° and 20° at its steepest, facing N.

20°steepest 50 m
11°average pitch
641 mlength
124 mvertical
3389 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Paradise Bowl is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Paradise Bowl

Lifts that reach the top: Paradise Express Lift (skiing novice terrain to get there); Silver Queen Express Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); North Face Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); The High Lift (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 4 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Silver Queen Express Lift
  2. Ski Silver Queen Road (intermediate)
  3. Ski Paradise Bowl (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Upper Forest Queen, unnamed easy trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Paradise Express Lift (4 min), Teocalli Lift (4 min), East River Express Lift (5 min).

See Paradise Bowl on the 3D mapAll runs at Crested Butte Mountain Resort
Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.