Auli
- India’s premier skiing destination
- Enjoy India’s longest cable ride over snowy slopes
- Offers spectacular views of Nanda Devi, the country’s second-highest peak
- Year round holiday site with superb views of the Himalayas
What to Know About Auli
The small yet picture-perfect town of Auli is India’s premier ski resort destination. Originally developed as a paramilitary base, Auli’s skiing slopes are popular among tourists and professionals alike. In winter, Auli hosts several snow adventure events.
Standing at around 2,800 m, and surrounded by acres of oak and coniferous forests, Auli offers panoramic views of some of India’s highest peaks, including the second-highest in the country, Nanda Devi (7,816m). It is also the gateway to the Nanda Devi and the Valley of Flowers National Park, including the Hemkund Sahib gurdwara, and popular trekking destinations such as Gorson Bugyal, Pangerchulla Summit, and Tapovan can be accessed through Auli. Besides Auli, Uttarakhand has several other skiing destinations, like Dayara Bugyal, Munsiyari and Mundali.
What To Do
Snow Skiing in India
Skiing is one sport that has expanded huge regard all over the humankind and in the past decade have grow to be quiet awareness grabbing sport because of the Himalayas.. The huge open spaces above the snowline have flung open to the skiing fans. Auli offers exhilarating skiing opportunities to both beginners as well as skilled skiers. One of the most popular ski resorts in India and the hot winter sport destination of the Garhwal hills in Uttarakhand.
WINTER SPORTS AT AULI
In winter Auli is tempting with its snow-white mountain slopes and ski facilities. It provides an superb panoramic view of the mountain peaks Nanda Devi, Kamet and Dunagiri. From January to March, Auli slopes are usually covered with a thick carpet of snow, about 3m deep. Skiing festivals and Natinal International events are also conducted at Auli. While skiing is the foremost attraction at Auli, there are other attraction like cable car rides and rope lifts, or spend the day outdoors building snowmen, or having snowball fights, snow trek snow camps.
FACILITIES FOR SKIERS
The 700m ski-lift system, the longest cable car in Asia lead from joshimath to above Auli. A short distance beyond Gorson lies the hill of Gorson Top, which provides superb mountain scenes and is on the 24-km trek to kauri Pass. Chair lift ride 800 meter at auli. Once reaching the ski begin point they can ski down rapidly, while other can walk down the snow-paths at leisure. There are 2 snow-beaters imported from Germany, for beating the snow for skiing. The slopes have been dressed and improved making them perfect for hosting skiing festivals and competitions of national and international standards.