Gulmarg – The Mail & Guardian

/ 25 May 2007

‘Paradise on Earth’ struggles to seduce tourists

As ski resorts go, Kashmir’s Gulmarg must rank as the most militarised on earth. The mountain road is peppered with security checkpoints and a High Altitude Warfare School lies nearby. Troops squeeze into a cable car with rifles between their legs. On the slopes, some tourists openly worry if mines are buried under the snow.

By Alistair Scrutton

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/ 22 February 2007

Indian Kashmir: Phenomenal skiing and big risks

Laurie Bowles, a dreadlocked 24-year-old Englishman, clipped his boots to his snowboard and lunged from the roof of the world into a gaping narrow gully of ice, sugar and powder. His 2Â 000m vertical descent to Gulmarg, a village in revolt-hit India-administered Kashmir, is what many ski devotees rank as among the best skiing on the planet. Just ignore the travel warnings.

By Stefan Smith