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Days 0-3 Gulmarg Weather Summary: A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Mon night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -9°C on Sun morning, min -16°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSW on Mon night, light winds from the W by Tue night). Days 4-6 Gulmarg Weather Summary: A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Thu afternoon. Extremely cold (max -12°C on Wed afternoon, min -17°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.
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Summary mod. snow mod. snow heavy snow heavy snow heavy snow heavy snow heavy snow mod. snow snow shwrs light snow light snow light snow light snow light snow light snow light snow light snow light snow
Snow cm 8 7 18 14 17 39 12 5 2 - 1 1 1 3 4 2 3 2
Rain mm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Max °C -9 -9 -9 -9 -10 -10 -12 -14 -16 -13 -12 -13 -12 -12 -14 -14 -13 -16
Min °C -9 -9 -9 -10 -10 -12 -13 -15 -16 -15 -13 -14 -13 -13 -15 -15 -14 -17
WChill °C -17 -18 -18 -21 -21 -23 -24 -25 -25 -23 -20 -23 -23 -21 -25 -25 -23 -25
Freezing level (m) 2700 2700 2650 2650 2700 2650 2450 2100 1700 1550 2150 2000 2000 2300 2000 1850 2200 1700
Ah did,nt work heres the link
http://www.snow-forecast.com/resorts/Gulmarg/6day/top [snow-forecast.com]
Awesome place,expect the unexpected and a few Russians,
Glad Ive been,before it becomes the next Aspen!!!!!!
The Indians reckon its going to be the Aspen of the Himalaya's..............
Any tips on going there? Was thinking of making a visit next summer.
Go with one of the companies,we went with Ski Himalaya,it definatly helps to have people who no the area,
Expect the Gondy to shut down at some stage,
Relax and enjoy the different pace,Makes the club field pace seem like a big city.
Be nice to the locals,give more than you take.
Its a big place,With huge avalanche paths,it looks like it has an avie program now,so respect the closure's,As there so much snow to go around.
And just enjoy I,m glad Ive been a couple of times,definatly worth the trip.It generally snows for 3-5 days and is then clear for 5-7 days,But when it does snow it can snow for a week or 2.Thats why its good to go with someone like Ski Himalaya as they have a shuttle service that will drop you off at the top of the trees(which is below the village)and pick you up,Awesome terain and no one around,beats sitting out the storm,
The locals are so friendly as are the army,you just ahve to get usded to having guns,outposts and armoured cars evrywhere.and expect to get frisked more times than you can imagine.
Again as the they say over there Relax this is Kashmir.
*edited 08 Feb 2010 15:33
Also Stay acouple of nights on the Houseboats,We stayed at Butts,Its a great way to finish the holiday..
^^^ You have to have pics hosted ... can't post them straight from your harddrive.
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hey james, what made you pick gulmarg in the first place? (no hidden meaning, honest question)
Had been to Japan the 2 previous years,and the 2nd year it had changed so much,Had got really busy,so wanted to try some where different,Was looking at Iran and Russia aswell,But decided on Gulmarg. Was living in Perth then so only a 12 hour flight to Delhi.Would recomend to anyone who not into mainstream resorts.
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good to know james. do u have any pictures? iran and russia would be pretty hardcore i'd imagine. heard rumours of crazy light pow in iran.
er..i think its spam bp
although pictures of russians off the dating site, might be worth a look
Yea have heaps,but not 100% sure how to post the pictures.
Just seen on TV that there has been a huge avalanche over there which killed between 7 and 17 Indian soldiers!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8504034.stm [news.bbc.co.uk]
http://www.hindustantimes.com/jandk/Gulmarg-avalanche-toll-rises-to-7-more-than-80-missing/506638/H1-Article1-506622.aspx [hindustantimes.com]
u need to host the pics on your website or something like photobucket
Bugger trying to post but dos,nt want to happen
*edited 09 Feb 2010 09:50
you need to click on image above, then insert pic url.
thou in this case web address u have put above,seems to be wrong.
eg..
^^^from ski himalaya
what about this http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/3305258/Kashmir-avalanche-kills-17 [stuff.co.nz]
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Worked it out,easy when you don't have a 3 year battling for the computor!!!!
Put a few together,no real boarding ones,but gives you an idea
Also heres one to prove you don,t have to ski first.My Daughter at 2 and half boarding
*edited 09 Feb 2010 15:34
nice pics james cheers. i read about gulmarg in nzsnowboarder 2-3 years back. added it to the maybe 1 day list. that pic of the stuck jeep is classic
good to see your daughter turned away from the darkside, thats a good pow stance in her pic
Some More info re the avalanche,It must of been huge.Would have been terrifying to be near,let alone caught in that.
http://gulmargsnowsafety.com/index.php?post/2010/02/08/2010-02-08 [gulmargsnowsafety.com]
G'day all.
I just got back from a 2 month stint in Gulmarg with 2 of my buddies (although one left early after dislocating his shoulder twice). What an amazing place. An amazing culture, an amazing mountain and in the end amazing snow.
From reading what james66 has said, not a whole lot has changed (when were you last there james?) However, the new ski patrol, a group of kashmiri men, headed by an American Brian Newman, who works as the avalanche forecaster out of Treble Cone in our winters, looks after the main bowl directly under the 2nd phase of the gondola, this includes using explosives from the army to control the avalanche paths. Brian is there to teach the local ski patrol how to run the mountain and has been doing so for the last 3 seasons. They are a pretty well organised group now. He also does snowpack assessment outside the ski area and creates an avalanche bulletin for backcountry riders. Every Tuesday night he holds a safety evening at one of the hotels to bring everyone up to date on the current conditions on the mountain. This is a really usefull service.
I can only see going with a tour company as beneficial if you were going for a short period of time and didnt have much time to get to know the place. It is much cheaper to just turn up and check out a few of the hotels. Getting a guide for the first day or 2 can be a good idea. Otherwise, exploring the place is a whole lot of fun and all the people there are really friendly and its easy to tag along with different riders and organising taxis is not as hard as you think. In fact, most of the time you dont need to organise one at all, they tend to be waiting on the main tree run trails during storms to pick up riders. Or you can just grab onto the back of one and get towed back up to Gulmarg.
Definitely bring touring gear, as it opens up a lot of terrain, and i mean A LOT!
And take an avalanche course before you go if you haven't already. As james66 said there are huge avalanche paths. There were quite a few incidents this year due to a persistent weak layer that remained until the end of Jan. This is what got the the soldiers at HAWS. A friend of mine went for a 400m+ ride and was lucky to survive. The whole upper mountain is avalanche terrain. And it is a monster!
If someone explains how to upload some pictures I'll throw some up.
Will be back in Gulmarg without a doubt!
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pretty into skiing eh...
*edited 04 Mar 2010 02:38p
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pretty into skiing eh...
*edited 04 Mar 2010 09:41
If someone explains how to upload some pictures I'll throw some up.
Mate, you gotta host them somewhere and paste the URL in wrapped around IMG tags.
Photobucket or imageshack are the most popular although you can use facebook etc if you have an account.
Flick me a PM if you want more help.
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test...
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pretty into skiing eh...
this is after about 10cm fresh at the summit, the first 3 weeks were the end of the worst nov, dec and jan in what billa called 40 years... still had a bit of fun
after the big dump. 1.8m at the village
new cornice growth
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pretty into skiing eh...
*edited 05 Mar 2010 05:22
massive instability period! main bowl after explosives
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pretty into skiing eh...
Originally posted by: Weasel
test...
That takes the concept of Snow Patrol to a whole new level.
I bet people would think twice about snaking the queue when there's a bloke with a Kalashnikov sheep dogging the queue.
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