Ski IndiaSki 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.

Recent Eyeball Snow Reports for India

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 7 days weather forecast.
Freezing level (m)
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

(2520m — 3049m)

2.0 cm
on 16 Mar
clear clear clear clear clear part cloud part cloud
Mid station 2784 m
3600m 3600m 3950m 4100m 4200m 4200m 3900m

(2600m — 3950m)

3.0 cm
40 days ago
cloud clear part cloud cloud part cloud cloud cloud
Mid station 3275 m
3350m 3400m 3700m 3850m 3850m 3550m 3250m

(4000m — 5500m)

snow report today

3.0 cm
yesterday
4.0
2.0
4.0
light snow part cloud part cloud light snow cloud light snow cloud
Mid station 4750 m
2350m 1650m 2100m 2850m 2300m 2300m 2500m

(4000m — 6400m)

snow report 13 days ago

1.0 cm
6 days ago
light snow clear part cloud cloud part cloud part cloud part cloud
Mid station 5200 m
3250m 3000m 3150m 3550m 3500m 3500m 3400m

(2024m — 2502m)

1.0 cm
on 16 Jan
part cloud clear part cloud part cloud part cloud cloud part cloud
Mid station 2263 m
3900m 3900m 4200m 4250m 4350m 4100m 3800m

(2000m — 5500m)

1.0 cm
39 days ago
1.0
cloud clear clear part cloud part cloud part cloud part cloud
Mid station 3750 m
2950m 2850m 3250m 3600m 3600m 3600m 3400m

(3500m — 7135m)

snow report today

4 cm
yesterday
5.0
2.0
4.0
light snow part cloud part cloud light snow cloud light snow cloud
Mid station 5318 m
2200m 1400m 1850m 2750m 2000m 2100m 2400m

(3770m — 6000m)

snow report today

1.0 cm
yesterday
2.0
3.0
2.0
light snow part cloud part cloud light snow part cloud light snow part cloud
Mid station 4885 m
2850m 2600m 2850m 3500m 3350m 3250m 3000m

(2750m — 3200m)

2.0 cm
40 days ago
cloud clear clear part cloud part cloud part cloud part cloud
Mid station 2975 m
2900m 2800m 3200m 3550m 3550m 3500m 3350m

(2895m — 5500m)

snow report 6 days ago

1.0 cm
7 days ago
part cloud part cloud part cloud cloud cloud cloud part cloud
Mid station 4198 m
3100m 2850m 2900m 3400m 3350m 3350m 3300m