Gulmarg see a huge snowfall on the season and provide limitless powder skiing, you can ski for months in Gulmarg without the dearth of powder and adventure as you can have an option to get more and more way out and desired slop in the region.
Gulmarg slopes are all natural slopes. Among the multitudes of slopes, a few gentle slopes of ski runs ranging from 200 m to 3kms are specially suited for beginners. Ski lifts and chair lifts take skiers up to the top of the ski slopes from where skiers can choose the beginners, intermediate or more advanced slopes.
The best and longest skiing in Gulmarg is accessed by the Gondola Cable Car Lift, which allows a ski run of 2,213 m. Designed by Poma of France, gondola ascends extends almost to the peak of Apharwat, at an elevation of 3980 metres above sea level, providing lift served access to 1330 vertical metres of vast snow riding terrain. Due to the setting-up of Gondola Cable Car Lift from Gulmarg to Apharwat top, Gulmarg holds a position as one of the highest lift-served ski resorts in the world.
The gondola terrain is divided into two sections, i.e an upper and a lower section. The first section is 2,350 m long and rises 450m vertically from Gulmarg ski resort to slopes at 3300m up the side of Apharwat Mountain.
The second section runs to over 4,000m, just below the peak of Apharwat. From the top station, it will take a 30 minute walk to reach the peak. One can glide from there, in either direction over a couple of kilometers, before descending the mountain's multiple ridges, faces and bowls. The gliding from the northwest direction includes magnificent and consistent advanced slopes to distant parts of the Gulmarg meadow.
The southeast direction provides a total ride of over 1700 vertical metres of serious off-piste terrain. The gliding from gondola's top to mid stations provides a superb array of high alpine slopes for advanced and expert level skiing.
The poma slopes which are a few hundred metres walk from the gondola, provides an excellent variety of wide open beginner and intermediate practice terrain. The area is the venue for Gulmarg's ski school and race clinics
Heli-skiing is also possible at Gulmarg which is an ultimate winter sports thrill for the adventure sports lover. In heli-skiing, helicopters lift the heli-skiers to the high, snow-covered peak of their choice from where they can ski down the slopes.
Food:
Gulmarg is international tourism destination for winter game and also the feburit destination for the family holiday, honeymoon and other types of holiday. In Gulmarg you can explore the huge types of food and cuisine which include kashmiri authentic food and continental food from several country, you can also get several other authentic food from other location of India and appetite yourself.
Gulmarg has more than 60 restaurants which provides several kinds of food and cuisine,
Hotel and stay at Gulmarg:
Gulmarg has no permanent residence and people living there is either hotel owner or working professionals in hotel industry or other recreational activities. Gulmarg provides several kinds of hotels and guest house for tourist coming from India and outside world. The cost of hotels room are varies from US 100 to USD 300 a day and couple of them are best known for the high quality Kashmiry hospitality.
Almost all hotels are full with latest amenities and facilities that give you connected world from the peak of Himalaya, it also provide centrally heater and other facilities like internet services, mobile on rent and office and business centre for activities that need within the period of your long stay.
Skiing in Gulmarg has a permanent tie ups with more than 20 hotels in the Gulmarg region for best prices and provide booking of up to 200 people for the skiing in the region.
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