Friday 25 March 2011

Skiing Holidays


Talk of skiing, and most people will think of the powder-white slopes of Switzerland; India, tropical country that it is, will invariably not come to mind. Which is sad, because India too offers skiing- limited, but fulfilling. Gulmarg, in Jammu and Kashmir, was a skier's mecca for some decades before strife in the state effectively put a stop to nearly all tourism- but, in the meantime, other places have appeared on the ski map of India. Kufri and Narkanda (now getting a new lease of life, although they’ve been visited by in-the-know skiers for quite some time), Auli and Manali- both fast gaining a reputation for good slopes- all offer a very satisfying skiing holiday..

India’s ski resorts are largely confined to the western half of the Himalayas- in Uttaranchal and Himachal Pradesh, high enough to get a good cover of snow during the winter months, yet low enough to be easily accessible. Kufri and Narkanda in Himachal Pradesh have been frequented by skiers for decades now, while Auli is the new kid on the block- but what a kid!
All across the Himalayas, January to March is the skiing season, when the resorts are at their snowy best. By late December, most slopes are already well covered, but places really start hotting up only once the new year starts.




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