Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Gulmarg, India

Topdrukte — reizigers noemen het hoogseizoen, Ski season

• Risico

  Avalanche season

  1 jan – 31 mrt · meestalSluitingen

  Phase 2 and the bowls above it shut for days after heavy snow, and a local advisory goes up most mornings through the winter. The off-piste here is unpatrolled; a guide and a beacon are not optional. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Ski season (20 dec – 10 apr (meestal)), Christmas to New Year rush (22 dec – 2 jan (meestal))

Topdrukte — Khelo India Winter Games, Ski season

• Festival

  Khelo India Winter Games

  15 feb – 15 mrt · meestalSportevenementDrukSluitingen

  The national winter games take the alpine and nordic courses for about a week, with dates fixed late and moved when the snow is thin. Some runs and gondola slots go to the event. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Avalanche season (1 jan – 31 mrt (meestal)), Ski season (20 dec – 10 apr (meestal))

Topdrukte — Khelo India Winter Games, Ski season

In maart begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Avalanche season (1 jan – 31 mrt (meestal)), Khelo India Winter Games (15 feb – 15 mrt (meestal)), Ski season (20 dec – 10 apr (meestal))

Topdrukte — Ski season, Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) in India

• Seizoen

  Mud season

  15 apr – 25 meiSeizoensluitingSluitingen

  The snow comes off the meadow weeks before the summer trade arrives. Hotels stay open, the gondola runs a short schedule, and the place feels shut even when it is not.

Nog steeds bezig: Ski season (20 dec – 10 apr (meestal))

Topdrukte — Summer hill-station rush, Summer vacation (north & east) in India

• Seizoen

  Summer hill-station rush

  25 mei – 15 julSchoolvakantiesDruk

  Kashmir's peak domestic season. The road up from Tangmarg is bumper to bumper by ten, gondola slots go online days ahead, and the pony men work the queue the whole way.

Nog steeds bezig: Mud season (15 apr – 25 mei)

Topdrukte — Summer hill-station rush, Summer vacation (north & east) in India

• Natuur

  The meadow in flower

  1 jun – 20 aug · meestalWilde bloemen & bloei

  Gulmarg means meadow of flowers and for ten weeks it earns the name — the bowl under the gondola line is deep in bloom and the ponies take you across it instead of up it.

Nog steeds bezig: Summer hill-station rush (25 mei – 15 jul)

Druk — Summer hill-station rush, schoolvakanties in 5 van de markten die de plek vullen

In juli begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Summer hill-station rush (25 mei – 15 jul), The meadow in flower (1 jun – 20 aug (meestal))

Rustig — schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

In augustus begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: The meadow in flower (1 jun – 20 aug (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

• Natuur

  Kashmir apple harvest

  1 sep – 31 okt · meestal

  The orchards on the drive up from Srinagar through Baramulla district are picked through September and October, and roadside stalls sell apples by the crate; the meadows at Gulmarg are quiet between the summer rush and the snow.

Druk — Autumn break (Dussehra / Diwali) in India, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Natuur

  Harud, the Kashmir autumn

  10 okt – 10 nov · meestalHerfstkleuren

  From mid-October the chinar trees in Srinagar's Mughal gardens turn red and the Gulmarg meadows go brown and gold. It is quiet before the first snow, and the golf course closes for the winter. Bron ↗

• Natuur

  Saffron bloom at Pampore

  20 okt – 15 nov · meestalOogsttijd

  The saffron fields at Pampore, just south of Srinagar and a day trip from Gulmarg, flower purple for two or three weeks from late October with pickers out at dawn; the timing shifts with rain and the first cold. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Kashmir apple harvest (1 sep – 31 okt (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

In november begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Harud, the Kashmir autumn (10 okt – 10 nov (meestal)), Saffron bloom at Pampore (20 okt – 15 nov (meestal))

Topdrukte — Ski season, Christmas to New Year rush

• Seizoen

  Ski season

  20 dec – 10 apr · meestalDrukBoek vroeg

  The gondola climbs to just under 4,000 metres, though the top phase only opens when the snowpack allows and often not before January. The lift queue at Phase 1 is the constraint, not the snow.

• Feestdag

  Christmas to New Year rush

  22 dec – 2 jan · meestalKerst & nieuwjaarDrukBoek vroeg

  The week from Christmas to New Year is India's busiest holiday stretch: schools and many offices break, domestic travellers pour into hill stations, heritage towns and resorts, and hotels charge peak rates, often with a New Year's Eve dinner surcharge. Book early. Bron ↗