Bill’s Trips update & 2019 season wrap
Greetings. I hope you scored your share of face shots wherever you turned them this past northern winter. Those who visited Gulmarg with Bill’s Trips definitely had their quota of epic days. Perfectly spaced storms delivered awesome conditions in the trees while blanketing the massive alpine bowls with a few extra feet. Steep and deep…
Read moreThe benefits of taking on Gulmarg backcountry skiing with a guide
Backcountry skiing is a natural evolution for many adventurous skiers and snowboarders. Bill’s Trips’ backcountry skiing guides for Gulmarg have all the experience, skills and fun-loving attitude to ensure you have the best time possible! While the unknown is always part of the fun, when it comes to backcountry skiing, we always recommend you have…
Read moreWeek 1 in Gulmarg
Here is the first of the planned weekly updates so you can keep in touch with how the season is panning out here in Kashmir . A classic Gulmarg week and the best start to winter for a few years. New lift’s opening, high avalanche danger, new lift’s breaking down, no change at the ticket counter, but…..the…
Read moreFirst blog of the winter
I arrived yesterday and about 30cm had fallen the previous day in the village. We had about another 10 today down here, there is about a meter at the mid station and it is still snowing lightly. There was not much on the ground before this storm but there will be enough up high to give…
Read moreOnly a couple of months to go!
The Aussie ski season has come and gone without too much to get excited about. More like a prolonged spring than a real winter. There was plenty of good weather and lots of fun turns to be had but after the great start we were expecting a bit more from it. If you are keen, there is still plenty of snow on…
Read moreWinter 2011
G’day all. Had my first turns of the Aussie winter yesterday. Not a bad day to start the season. Blue sky, dry snow, not much wind and enough cover to open a few lifts and get some turns in. Who knows what the season will bring, however, like most Aussie winters you can probably expect a few epic storms that are worth dropping everything…
Read moreMelbourne Snow Travel Expo this Sunday
The Melbourne Snow Travel Expo is on this Sunday from 10 am until 4 pm at the Exhibition Centre. Come to the Bill’s Trips stand, fire away with any Gulmarg questions and check out my slide and movie presentation on the big screen. Go in the draw to win a pair of 2011 K2 skis care of…
Read moreSnow Travel Expo
The “Snow Travel Expo” is on again in Melbourne on May 15th and Sydney on May 22nd. Times and locations on www.snowtravelexpo.com.au. Bill’s Trips will have a stand where you can come along and ask Bill any questions you may have regarding Gulmarg. I will also be giving a slide show and presenting “Azadi” on the big screen at each venue….
Read moreR.I.P. Kip Garre
Very sad news just reached me. Kip and his girlfriend Alison have died in an avalanche while ski mountaineering at home in the Sierras. Kip helped establish and train the Ski Patrol in Gulmarg in 2005-6 and was a senior guide with Bill’s Trips and Points North in Alaska. Anyone who had the pleasure of being guided by Kip in Kashmir,…
Read moreGulmarg movie screening
G’day all. I am showing Azadi tonight, Friday the 29th April at Geelong Snow Sports. Azadi is an award winning ski film made in Gulmarg last season by a friend of mine. I will also show some slides and answer any questions. Starts at 6pm. See you there. Hope all you Victorian surfers made the most of the classic waves…
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