Absolutely dumping
64cm since we got home from skiing today so it looks like we are in for another epic powder day tomorrow. This is on top of the measley 8cm we had last night that gave us deep and dry faceshots while doing laps of the chairlift today. Before breakfast Monkey Hill laps are going to be…
Read moreEarly season bliss
Greetings from another powder day in Gulmarg. For the second year in a row, early January has delivered the goods. A couple of average days after I arrived on the 6th and since then we have had quality fresh tracks. A couple of 20 cm top ups during the week have given all 30 or so people…
Read moreFirst snow of the season
Now the Aussie season has finished and the first snow has fallen in Gulmarg I thought it was time for a blog. Sorry, too busy skiing, patrolling, and socializing to keep up with social media during the winter. An après beer after an epic powder day or go home to tap away on the computer?…
Read moreThe bubble has burst… for now
Two weeks of dry snow and great weather has come to an end and we are back in the old borderline rain snow situation that is all too common in an Aussie winter. The last two weeks have been unreal with dry packed snow in the resort and plenty of untracked freeze dried powder around for…
Read moreSydney Snow Travel Expo
The Snow Travel Expo is on this Sunday (27th of May) in Sydney. Come on down to the Bill’s Trips stand to have all of your Gulmarg questions answered. I will also be giving a slide presentation on the main stage big screen at some point throughout the day. Hope to see you there. Cheers, Bill.
Read moreSnow Travel Expos
The Snow Travel Expo is on Sunday the 20th in Melbourne and the 27th in Sydney. Come on down to the Bill’s Trips stand to have all your Gulmarg questions answered. I will also be giving a skiing Kashmir slide show presentation on the big screen at each event. Hope to see you there. Cheers, Bill.
Read moreThat’s a wrap
G’day. I have just returned from another great winter in Gulmarg. I cannot count the number of powder days we had. Regular storms kept rolling through from earl Jan until mid March. Happy days. Join the mailing list to receive the March newsletter which contains a semi wrap up of the season just gone. 2013…
Read moreMid-season Update
Sorry, been too busy for weekly updates as planned. Powder turns and Apres beers were higher priority than afternoon computing. The winter so far. Great five weeks since I arrived. Powder on offer nearly every day… mixed in with a few avalanches, lift operations and explosives supply issues. The upper gondola was closed for a few extra days…
Read moreGulmarg avalanches
G’day all. Many of you may have heard of the two major avalanches that occurred here in Gulmarg yesterday that captured five guided groups injuring several people. It was extremely lucky that no one died in either of the events. This is just a quick note to let you know that none of Bill’s Trips guides or…
Read moreWeek two update
Probably had one of the best days ever in Gulmarg in the last week. The new chairlift has proved its worth by giving us access to a section the upper mountain during the storm. Really cold temps, decent snowfall and no one around gave us one of those epic powder days full of face shots and…
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