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They come for the powder snow, which regularly tops lists of the deepest and lightest in the country.

“My best dreams are those where I am skiing downhill in good powder snow,” he once said.

It's why the world is so thrilled by all things Japanese, from the powder snow to the fashion.

Deemed “a wonderland of glaciers and snow” by University of Washington Dean Milnor Roberts after a 1909 expedition, Paradise’s high altitude often grants powder snow when other mountain passes get wet snow or rain, and its status as a national park offers infrastructure like restrooms and a visitor center without the cost or crowds of your local ski resort.

Fresh natural “powder” snow, on the other hand, provides skiers and snowboarders an almost weightless feeling as they soar down the mountainside.