About Gulmarg
Gulmarg is a town, a hill station, a popular skiing destination and a notified area committee in the Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, India. The town is situated in the Pir Panjal Range in the Western Himalayas and lies within the boundaries of Gulmarg Wildlife Sanctuary.
Originally called Gauri Marg, in the 1500s it was changed to ‘Gulmarg’ by Yousuf Shah of the Chak Dynasty. Yousuf Shah Chak, who ruled Kashmir from 1579 to 1586, frequented the place with his queen Habba Khatoon and renamed it ‘Gulmarg’ (“meadow of flowers”). Wild flowers of 21 different varieties were collected by the Mughal emperor Jahangir for his gardens in Gulmarg.
Winter Sports
Gulmarg is famous for it winter tourism. The mesmerizing slopes and valleys captivate millions of hearts every year. Gulmarg is visited by foreign and local tourists for snow sports every winter. National and International events are held to promote games like snow skiing, snowboarding, sledging, heli-skiing, ice skating etc in Gulmarg, Kashmir.