Gulmarg – Top Ski Destination

Gulmarg is a town, a hill station & a popular skiing destination in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. The town is within the Himalayas and is within miles of the Line of Control between India and Pakistan. It’s legendary beauty, prime location and proximity to Srinagar naturally makes it one of the premier hill resorts in the country.

Gulmarg has one of the highest cable cars in the world, reaching 3,979 metres. The two-stage ropeway ferries about 600 people per hour to and from the gondola main station in Gulmarg to a shoulder of nearby Mt. Apharwat Summit. It also has the highest green golf course in the world, at an altitude of 2,650 m.

The journey to Gulmarg is half the enchantment of reaching there. Roads bordered by rigid avenues of poplar give over to flat expanses of rice fields interspersed with picturesque villages. Depending on the season, nature’s colours could be the translucent green of spring, summer’s rich emerald, or autumn’s golden hues, when scarlet chillies festoon windows of village homes. During winter, it is white all over! The two-stage cable car ride makes for a wonderful spectacle in itself.