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Tourists experience snowmobiles at Phase I.
With war always looming, Gulmarg is a beacon of light for winter sports enthusiasts in the northwestern Himalayas.
Gulmarg Safety Grid Map.
Jammu & Kashmir Police accompany a political dignitary.
Skiers get down Apharwat Peak—the imposing 14,400-foot mountain in the distance.
“I took my first run on the same slope when I was 6,” she quips, gazing over the vast snow-covered valley where people appear like ants moving around the distant slopes. “Now, I can’t live without Gulmarg.”
Story : Aakash Hassan
Photography : Zishaan A Latif
Commissioning Editor : Sierra Shafer