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Fourteen winters. One meadow. Every kind of adventure.
Gulmarg Ski Club is a family of local instructors, guides and hosts who turned a lifelong love of the Pir Panjal into India's premier mountain adventure company.
Our Story
It started with borrowed skis
In the winter of 2011, a small group of Gulmarg locals — lift operators' sons, shepherds' grandsons, kids who learned to slide on wooden planks — pooled their savings into a handful of rental skis and a promise: teach this mountain properly, or not at all.
Fourteen seasons later that promise has grown into a full ski school, a trekking outfit and a luxury travel studio. What hasn't changed is who we are: locals first, guides second, and hosts always. When you travel with us, you're not buying a package — you're being welcomed into a valley.
A Message From Our Founder
It began with one ski track
Back in 2011, Gulmarg had the snow, the slopes and the views — but no real place to learn. So I started one: the first dedicated ski school in Gulmarg.
I grew up on this mountain. I learned to ski the way most of us did here — by falling, watching others and trying again. When visitors came asking how they could learn, there was no school to send them to. That gap is where the Gulmarg Ski Club was born.
The early days were hard. We had little gear and even less money. I borrowed equipment, taught small groups on the baby slopes, and reinvested every rupee back into boots, boards and safety kit. Convincing people that a local boy could run a proper ski school took years of showing up — every season, in every kind of weather.
Winters here are unforgiving: roads close, power cuts are common, and a bad snow year can wipe out a season. But slowly, beginner by beginner, the trust grew. I trained a team of instructors from our own valley so the knowledge would stay here, with the people of Gulmarg.
Today we welcome skiers from across India and the world, but the mission is the same as that first winter: take a complete beginner and send them home a skier. Thank you for letting us be part of your first turn on the snow.
Shahid RasoolFounder & Head Coach · Gulmarg Ski Club
Our Mission
To make the magic of mountain snow accessible to every person — regardless of age, fitness or experience — through world-class instruction, safe equipment and genuine Kashmiri hospitality.
Our Vision
To put Gulmarg on the global skiing map, on par with the world's finest mountain resorts, and to nurture a new generation of Indian winter-sports athletes proud to call the Himalayas home.
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What We Stand For
Mountains teach values. We just follow them.
Safety Is the Adventure
Conservative calls, daily snowpack and weather reviews, radio-linked teams and rehearsed evacuation plans on every route.
Leave the Meadow Better
Carry-in, carry-out expeditions, local employment on every trip, and one percent of revenue into valley clean-up drives.
Guests Become Family
More than half of each winter's learners are returning guests or their friends. That's the only marketing metric we track.
The Team
Taught by the mountain, certified by the best
Our 26 instructors and guides average eleven seasons of experience each. Between them: national ski-instructor certifications, avalanche safety training, wilderness first-aid, high-altitude expedition leadership — and an unbeatable knowledge of where the snow is softest at 9 a.m.
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Frequently asked questions
We are a locally owned company founded in 2011 by Gulmarg-born instructors and mountain guides. Every trip is led by people who grew up on these slopes and valleys.
Yes. Our ski and snowboard instructors hold national instructor certifications along with avalanche-awareness and wilderness first-aid training, refreshed every season.
We do. Winters are for skiing and snowboarding; from May to October we run treks, offbeat valley tours and Ladakh expeditions.
Absolutely. We regularly host university groups, corporate offsites and film crews, with custom logistics, safety briefings and dedicated coordinators.
Come see why guests keep coming back.
One conversation with our team and you'll understand — this isn't tourism, it's homecoming.