Gulmarg, in Jammu & Kashmir, India, runs from 2,650 m at the base to 3,980 m at the top. The map shows 11 marked runs and 5 lifts (about 12 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 222 cm of snowfall a season, 934th (tied) of 3,069 worldwide and 4th in India. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2018/19 (326 cm), brought more than twice as much as the leanest, 2017/18 (148 cm). March still brings 69 cm on average, close to January, its snowiest month.
Snow depth and the seven-day outlook appear here once snow starts to fall. Until then, the long-run record comes first.
We do not show a snow depth here. The weather model we use reports snow lying on the ground — it knows nothing about grooming or snowmaking, and it is not the base depth a ski area publishes. In Japan we can check our figures against 234 weather stations. Outside Japan there is nothing to check them against, so we do not print a number we have not verified. Snow report on the official site ↗
How much snow it gets
Measured by us across 3,069 ski areas by one identical method. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
Compared with what is nearby
Within 50 km straight line. Measured the same way, so the ranks compare directly. Ski areas a few kilometres apart share a weather grid cell and can return the same figure.
| Ski area | Distance | Seasonal snowfall | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drung Bowls | 4.0 km | 222 cm | 934 |
| Trajan Bowl | 4.3 km | 289 cm | 526 |
| Apharwat N Bowl | 4.5 km | 289 cm | 526 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 97% of January’s snowfall.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 222 cm, and 7 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2017/18 with 148 cm; the biggest was 2018/19 with 326 cm (2.2 times as much).
Snowfall each winter (December–March total). The dashed line is the average; the numbers mark the leanest and the biggest winter.
Runs and lifts
Counted from the runs and lifts drawn on OpenStreetMap, within the boundary of the ski area. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
Run map
The shape of the mountain
Which way the slopes face
97% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. Those slopes get the least sun, so the snow lasts longer.
By difficulty
Lift types
- Gondola2
- Drag lift2
- Chairlift1
See past trail maps on Skimap.org ↗
Source: OpenSkiMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0). How finely ski areas are drawn varies by region, so treat the counts as indicative. Vertical is the difference between the highest and lowest points of the mapped runs and lifts.
Map
Where it sits relative to nearby resorts. For a piste map, see the official site.
Official piste map ↗More places to look
Updated: 8 Oct 2026, 00:52