Gulmarg is an ideal place for winter sports and is popularly known as the skier's delight. It has magnificent slopes covered with as much as six feet of snow. In spring its slopes get carpeted with a variety of colourful flowers. Sonamarg, or the Golden Meadow strewn with wild flowers and surrounded by lofty mountains, is located at a height of 2,740 metres. Nestled in the beautiful valley carved out of Sindh river, it is an excellent base for trekking.
Glaciers blanket the whole mountain range beckoning the trekker.
This land of lamas and monasteries is inhabited by gay and colourful people, called Bhutias of the same racial stock as the Tibetans. Tolerant and truthful, they are also kind and hospitable. Leh, the principal city is situated at a height of 3,500 metres above sea level. Glacier also nicknamed the Third Pole is located in the Great Karakoram Ranges. It is the second largest glacier in Asia.