Alpather Lake
Gulmarg, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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Gulmarg
Gulmarg, Jammu and Kashmir
The 'meadow of flowers' at 2,650 m — India's premier ski resort, where one of the world's highest cable cars rises to 3,980 m on Apharwat for powder bowls in winter and wildflower carpets in summer, above one of the world's highest golf courses.
Gulmarg Gondola & Apharwat Peak
Gulmarg, Jammu and Kashmir
One of the world's highest cable cars, rising in two stages to 3,980-m Apharwat — powder skiing in winter, snow-play and Line-of-Control panoramas all year.
Gulmarg Winter Skiing
Gulmarg, Jammu and Kashmir
The Himalaya's powder capital — 1,330 m of gondola-served vertical off Apharwat, heli-ski lines, ski schools and Asia's best affordable off-piste.
Baba Reshi Shrine
Tangmarg, Jammu and Kashmir
The walnut-wood ziarat of 15th-century Rishi saint Baba Payam-ud-Din, its carved Mughal-Kashmiri halls a pilgrimage stop on the Gulmarg road.
Drung Waterfall, Tangmarg
Tangmarg, Jammu and Kashmir
The waterfall that freezes — a broad cascade below Gulmarg that turns to a cathedral of blue-white ice each deep winter, and a trout stream in summer.
Baramulla Eco Park (Khadanyar)
Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir
A willow-green island in the Jhelum reached by footbridge — boating, walkways and gazebos where the river gathers speed for the mountains.
Loran Valley & Fort Ruins, Poonch
Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir
The medieval capital of Poonch under Pir Panjal snows — orchard terraces, the Loran nallah and grass-grown fort mounds of the old Lohara dynasty.
Tosa Maidan
Budgam, Jammu and Kashmir
A vast rolling meadow-plateau on the old Poonch royal route — reclaimed from an artillery range in 2014 and reborn as Budgam's great open commons.