Event: Gulmarg

Event: Gulmarg hill resort. A 43 km drive to the entrance and a furthur 35 km ascend up the mountains by bus. Roads are good. The valley of Gulmarg has the highest skiing centre in the world and a 14 km cable car ride passing tops of mountains and also horse riding. At 2650 m (8750 ft), the Gulmarg Golf Club in Kashmir is among the world's highest golf courses, and it may just be the most beautiful. The British built the first 6 hole course here in 1890. By the 1920s, the splendor of the mountain setting was so famous that two 18-hole courses was built. Buried under thick snow for 3 months in a year, the turf is wondrously soft and ball fly faster in the rarified air. This club is located in the war zone - territory claimed by both Pakistan and India. Still, there is one benifit to Gulmarg's misfortune: you 're quite likely to have the course to yourself .
Photographers: WebTeam Photographers with Sony Cybershot DSC-V3 & Canon IXUS 400
Date : 25/08/2005
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