Ski India

India is home to nearly a dozen ski areas, most of them fairly primitive facilities in the foothills of the Himilayas.

By far the best known internationally is Gulmarg which is generally regarded as the highest ‘proper’ ski area in the world with lifts peaking at nearly 4,000m (there are highest ski slopes in China but they have just one run and short drag lift).

Gulmarg began life as a hill station in British Colonial times and in the past few decades has faced the challenges of its proximity to Pakistan and the terrorist activities of Kashmiri separatists which have resulted in occasional kidnaps, cross border shelling and most visible day to day, a heavy Indian army presence.

The centre added a second chairlift for the 11–12 season and has up to 70km of runs and over 1000m of lift served vertical.

Other major resorts include Auli with a 4km long gondola that was at one time Asia’s longest and Narkanda.

There have been several plans to build ‘international standard destination resorts’ in India over the past 10 years too. One high profile project by the grandson of Ford Motor Cars founder Alfred Ford was bogged down in controversy and litigation for many years.

India is also known for its affordable and exciting heliskiing and if you’re down in the hotter parts of the country you can find a couple of indoor snow centres to escape the heat too.
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India: latest snow conditions round-up

Summary of forecast snowfall and ski conditions for resorts in India. Fresh snow is forecast at 10 resorts. Powder is reported at 0 resorts and 0 are reporting good piste conditions.

All resorts

Ski resorts of India, alphabetically

Resort
snow depth
top and bottom

on-piste

off-piste

Last Snow

Next 9 Days
0–3 | 3–6 | 6–9
snow (cm)
Next 5 days weather forecast.
Freezing level (m)
Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

(2520m — 3049m)

snow report 5 days ago

2.0 cm
6 days ago
light rain clear part cloud light rain rain showers
Mid station 2784 m
3050m 3000m 3450m 3300m 3400m

(2600m — 3950m)

snow report 5 days ago

14 cm
6 days ago
4.0
2.0
clear clear light snow thunderstorm cloud
Mid station 3275 m
3300m 3650m 3150m 3150m 3500m

(4000m — 5500m)

snow report yesterday

1.0 cm
yesterday
5.0
10.0
1.0
snow showers part cloud light snow snow showers light snow
Mid station 4750 m
1300m 1100m 2400m 2150m 1650m

(4000m — 6400m)

snow report 8 days ago

1.0 cm
6 days ago
1.0
6.0
clear clear clear light snow cloud
Mid station 5200 m
1750m 1400m 1800m 2550m 1850m

(2024m — 2502m)

2.0 cm
44 days ago
rain showers clear part cloud cloud part cloud
Mid station 2263 m
3400m 3700m 3950m 3650m 4000m

(2000m — 5500m)

snow report today

2.0 cm
yesterday
2.0
7.0
2.0
snow showers clear snow showers light snow snow showers
Mid station 3750 m
2350m 2250m 3050m 2900m 2650m

(3500m — 7135m)

snow report 5 days ago

1.0 cm
yesterday
6.0
11.0
1.0
snow showers part cloud light snow snow showers light snow
Mid station 5318 m
950m 800m 2400m 2100m 1450m

(3770m — 6000m)

snow report 5 days ago

6 cm
6 days ago
3.0
8.0
1.0
snow showers clear snow showers snow showers light snow
Mid station 4885 m
1250m 600m 1650m 2100m 1650m

(2750m — 3200m)

snow report 5 days ago

1.0 cm
5 days ago
2.0
rain showers clear rain showers mod rain rain showers
Mid station 2975 m
2250m 2150m 2950m 2800m 2550m

(2895m — 5500m)

snow report 5 days ago

2.0 cm
6 days ago
1.0
6.0
1.0
part cloud clear part cloud light snow cloud
Mid station 4198 m
1650m 1400m 1800m 2600m 2200m