Loran Valley & Fort Ruins, Poonch
Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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Buddha Amarnath Temple, Poonch
Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir
The 'old' Amarnath — a white-stone Shiva shrine of a svayambhu chakra on the Pulasta river, whose Sawan yatra twins with the great cave pilgrimage.
Doodhpathri (Valley of Milk)
Budgam, Jammu and Kashmir
Rolling turf so lush the streams froth white — a Pir Panjal meadow bowl an hour from Srinagar that stays green when the valley bakes.
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.
Alpather Lake
Gulmarg, Jammu and Kashmir
A glacial tarn beneath Apharwat's twin summits that stays ice-flecked into July — a stark, boulder-ringed bowl a half-day trek or pony ride from Gulmarg.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Noori Chamb Waterfall
Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir
Empress Nur Jahan's beloved cascade off the Pir Panjal near Behram Gala — she is said to have kept a mirror by its mist to dress by.