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Gulmarg Avalanche
With great sadness we report the tragic death of a Gulmarg local in an avalanche incident today. Our thoughts are with the local man’s family and friends, and all those in the Gulmarg community. As yet, we do not know the full details, or if any others were involved but will pass on more information…
Read more »Gulmarg Snow Report 3-2-2015
16 cm over the last 24 hrs and it is snow heavily now. Cheers
Read more »Gulmarg Snow Report 2-2-2015
Hi All Sorry, I have been pretty slack with posting reports of late. We have had morning internet issues and there has not been a great deal of good news to post until now. After a slow start it looks like the season is really kicking off. We had 46 cm in the village last…
Read more »Gulmarg Snow Report 26-01-2015
A dusting last night but the sun is shining again this morning. Yesterday saw the upper gondola open for the first time since the last snow and there were some great turns to be had up there. Will try to upload a photo or two when the internet speed picks up?? Although the tide is low…
Read more »Gulmarg Snow Report 23-01-2015
1 cm in the last 24 hrs, and a total depth at our snow plot in the village of 30 cm (due to the settlement from yesterday). Although it does not sound like much, there has been considerably more blown into the trees (and building a base) while there will be plenty more on the upper mountain. The patrol…
Read more »Gulmarg Snow Report 22-01-2015
41 cm in the village overnight with the odd flurry still coming through. I expect there would be a similar amount at the mid station snow stake, but considerably more anywhere that was wind loaded. The upper mountain is obscured at the moment but it must be starting to shape up ok. I should get…
Read more »Gulmarg Snow Report 21-1-15
Cloudy this morning with a bit of wind and some light snow up high. The wind picked up this afternoon and it has started snowing in the village. Approximately 5 cm has fallen in the village in the last couple of hours and it is snowing steadily now. Fingers crossed for decent accumulation overnight. Stay tuned. Cheers Bill.
Read more »Gulmarg Snow Report 20-1-2015
Clear sky and light winds with a bit of cirrus cloud coming through, and there is the look of something brewing over the back of the mountain. No snow on our plot but hopefully this will have changed in a decent way by Thursday morning. We are spending the day doing snow profiles in the alpine region before the new snow arrives….
Read more »Gulmarg Snow Report 19-1-15
Welcome to the first Gulmarg Snow report for the season. I aim to give a report each morning (yes todays was late) however internet connection often has morning sickness and can be a little slow to post it before heading out the door. I will give the total snow depth and the amount of fresh in…
Read more »Gulmarg Snow Report
We will be posting daily snow reports from Gulmarg each morning starting tomorrow. (Internet connection dependant as we often lose it during the big storms) Stay tuned! Cheers Bill.
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