Skiing in Kashmir

Offering immense deal of fun and thrill, Skiing in Kashmir is a very
popular adventure sports which is favored by most of the tourists in Kashmir. In Kashmir this sport can be best experienced in Gulmarg which is located just 50 km from Srinagar at a height of 2730 meter which is as well considered as ski paradise of India. 

Skiing here usually begin around the first week of December and goes on till the end of March. This place has earned a distinction of being the best ski resort in the Himalayans and the first National Winter Games were held in Gulmarg in the year 1998. 

With the reputation of being the highest lift served ski resort in India. Gulmarg offers Ski lifts and chair lifts which take the skiers at top of the ski slopes from where they can choose the beginners, intermediate and steeper slopes.

 Ski-lovers from all over the globe come to this place because it is only the ski resort in the towering Himalayas and is cheapest in the entire world to learn skiing with the panoramic view of the Karakoram Ranges. Skiing at Gulmarg had become popular before the Independence. It was first established by British who had set up this ski club of India here in 1927. 

The accessories of the skiing resorts were immensely improved and upgraded in 1998 at the time of the first National Winter Games captivated in Gulmarg. 

The latest Austrian and French equipments such as skis, boots, sticks, gloves and goggles are accessible in the Government-run ski shop. The ski academy accepted as the Indian Institute of Skiing and Mountaineering conducts 10 day and 21-day short ski courses for fresher’s and modern skiers.

 The resort had two Kasse Bohrer snow pounding machines used for preparing skiing slopes and 5 snowmobiles, which are used for traveling up the mountain. There are as well skillful advisers available for supervising the visitors. Gulmarg is alluringly adequate for acquirements skiing, as it is apparently the cheapest ski resort in the world.

This breathtaking exotic place also offers other host of game apart from Skiing such as Snowboarding, Tobogganing and Heli-skiing which are as well popular among the tourists. The wonderful admixture of excellent curry powder skiing and distinct hospitable Kashmir culture accomplished Gulmarg as one of the worlds most adventurous and memorable skiing experience one can enjoy ever