Get sporty in Winter Sports-Kashmir
Put on your mittens and fasten your travel belts to go into the land of paradise – Kashmir. Get your boots and scarves ready for here is Kashmir calling you and taking you into a heaven where you can enjoy the beauty of the snow clad peaks and the thrill of winter sports.
The winter sports activities in Kashmir are hugely popular and are a major attraction for all the tourists coming to this part of the world. The activities include skiing, ice skating, snowboarding and heliskiing.
Participate in all of them or some of them and make your holiday memorable. Wouldn’t you want to be a part of so much excitement and thrill? Adventure holidays couldn’t be made better and certainly you would want to enjoy more of this each time you embark on a winter sports holiday wouldn’t you?
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Sporting Encounters Insured in Winter Sports
Have you ever thought how important it is to be cautious and careful while you are on a travel? And if you are going to do something like winter sports then it becomes all the more important that you indulge in the right kind of insurance and the right kind of ways to make your travel safe.
When the days are shorter and the summer slowly fades into our memories, we resort to sports which are popular during winter. Many of us, if we are free enough also indulge in a lot of winter sports which involve us to get busy with the right kind of equipment, clothing and gear. Winter sports such as skiing require that we have all of these and more.
While you are on a winter sports travel then insurance should not be ignored. This becomes a major part of travelling to winter sports destinations. If you [...]
Ladakh travel with winter sports
As winter draws near, the region of North India gets into the grip of the chill, and the cold of the area of Ladakh. We get geared up for the season of winter sports. The pristine climate and the lovely ambience of the place is a great natural wonder in this part of the world. Spiritual and elegant in nature, this place has the best stupas and monasteries, and the best kind of adventurous sports like ice skating and ice hockey. This is the ideal destination for all winter sports lovers and is the place where you can be when you are in the mood to enjoy the winter sports thrill.
There is the Ladakh Winter Sport Club in the region of Leh, which plays a great role in getting the games active in this portion of the world. The club would be organizing the Winter Tourism Promotion Cup in which many [...]
Manali Winter Carnival
If you are planning something exciting for winter travel and you want to feel out of the world then just pack your bags and head for Manali. For here lies the land which celebrates a winter carnival. It actually began with the beginning of the winter games here. It was started by the chairperson of the Mountaineering Institute in those days, Shri Harman Singh. There were not many local residents who were interested in the winter games so the carnival was started to encourage free participation. Many then got fascinated and started experimenting on skies, and the adventurous trend started by making their own wooden plank home made skies. Thus the year 1977 saw a lot of things happening and the local authorities then had to take a call on this. They saw the enthusiasm that the locals had and [...]
Ski your emotions – Ski Vacations
So don’t you at least once want to be in the midst of the Himalayan ranges and get covered with snow? Don’t you want to feel cold in the coldest places in India and enjoy the winter sport of skiing?
This and more can be done if you go on those ski vacations in India. So wear those heavy boots for skiing and clamp the skis on and then let gravity take over you. Control your cruises down the snow slopes and just see the trail of snow powder that you will leave behind as you ski your way down. Enjoy the scenic beauty of the white snow enjoying the scene sitting around a hot “Bukhari” .Make all the snowmen you want to your heart’s content on these ski vacations.
India is a land which has some of the best skiing areas in the whole world. For example the regions of Auli and Solang though [...]
Ice climbing – Come closer to Nature adventurously
Come to India and enjoy ice climbing. As the term shows it is an ascent up mountains of ice. Amongst the greatest adventurous games that could be in the entire world, this is one with a lot of risk too. It is only for those who have the guts and the courage to brace through such thrill, adventure and excitement. You are in if you are one of those who wants to climb ice walls at temperatures that go below sub zero.
Belonging to the mountaineering winter sport, you are expected to climb a snow mountain, with some of the normal techniques. You will have equipments and would be expected to follow all the safety rules. There would be sheets of ice and snow which you would be expected to climb with ease.
It surely is more difficult than rock climbing or mountaineering and you have to be careful with [...]
Mountaineering – Man vs. skill
There are many ways that one could involve oneself in any kind of sports activity and it is something like mountaineering then there is nothing like it.
Mountaineering is a kind of hobby and a sport just like how one likes to have a hobby like skiing, hiking and trekking. It actually started as a trial to reach mountains that have never been climbed and slowly it developed into a passionate sport activity. There are three areas of specialization in mountaineering and these are rock craft, skiing and snow craft. It depends on which route is chosen. Whether the terrain is snow, rock or ice. Any way it goes without saying that mountaineering surely requires a lot of skill, and ability besides having the physical stamina. There is the Union Internatinoale des Associations d’alpinisme which is [...]
Cold Storage while travelling? – Winter Sports in Asia
Have you ever wondered how you could do something that would make your travel exciting? Often we make plans and go to a place just because that is the best that is around and that is what people do. But there are other ways of making your vacation worthwhile. One such method is going to a cold place and enjoying the winter sports there.
Yes skiing is gaining worldwide popularity across the world and many in the past have taken this sport as a great activity and are pursuing this kind of tourism. In Asia, the Himalayas are the obvious location for winter sports. The areas in and around Himalayas render the right places and locales for winter sports. Enter the land of Asia and visit the lovely vastness of the region. Visit Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Kumaon and see all the North eastern [...]
