Gulmarg.org – Skiing, Adventure, Fun in Gulmarg, Kashmir

The Jammu and Kashmir state Department of Youth Services and Sports (DYSS) organizes courses every winter in collaboration with Jammu Kashmir Tourism Department.
They can accommodate a maximum of sixty students at one time after some selection process. The boarding and lodging expenses are borne by the department.
The ski equipment ise provided by the Tourism department and DYSS together.
On Feb 7, 2009, a girls only 15 days skiing course organized by the department of Youth Services and Sports concluded at Gulmarg with Sixty students participated in three-tier course.

Feb 17, 2009: The department of Youth Services and Sports is organizing a state-level ski-championship at Gulmarg in the first week of March.
 Skiers of various age groups, both boys and girls, would be participating in different events. All the intended skiers wishing to participate have been asked to register their names at the office of the deputy director, Youth Services and Sports, old Secretariat Srinagar latest by February 25. They will have to produce their certificates at the time of registration.  
 All arrangements have been made for the event in which around 200 skiers are likely to participate.

This winter 14 advanced and intermediate ski training courses are being organized in Gulmarg by Indian Institute of Skiing and Mountaineering, Gulmarg, in which several students from foreign countries are also joining. Also Indian institute of skiing is also commissioning new buildings in Gulmarg.

The Indian Institute of Skiing and Mountaineering also conducts courses in the Gulmarg area, apart from taking groups out on “adventure courses”, which are basically treks. The institute is not considered one of India’s best, but it’s an option.

IISM is a national institute which has been promoting winter and adventure sports in the Kashmir valley for the last five decades.

Details on 15-day snow ski courses of the Indian Institute of Ski and Mountaineering (IISM) at Gulmarg in 2009:

• Total courses organized in a year: 5
• First ski course was held from January 14 to January 27.
• Second started on January 28 and concluded on February 11.
• There is a test in which the trainees appear after the end of the course which need to pass to qualify to get certificates.
• The course stregth is about 40 students of various age groups. Generally there is a huge rush of applicants.
• The course is three-level, designated as basic, intermediate and advance.
• Name of some Trainers: Hadeeqa Khurshid, Muhammad Shafi, Tariq Zargar, Feroz Ahmad Khan, Jeelani, Shabir Ahmad Dar
• Principal: Mr. Khurshid Ahmad Mir
• Equipment: The institute now sources equipment independent of Tourism department and its own snow scooters, snow beating machines and all the hi-tech gadgets needed for skiing
• Address: The Principal, Indian Institute Of Skiing & Mountaineering, Gulmarg, J&K

For Skiing courses in the winter of 2009-2010, check this post here:

http://www.gulmarg.org/calendar-of-five-short-snow-skiing-courses-2009-2010/