Gulmarg is really a nice retreat nestled amidst Himalayan hills and dense forest of Chinar trees. Staying here certainly imparts calm and serenity. Various sports facilities and entertainment avenues make it great tourist destination. In addition to natural beauty and salubrious environment, the Golf course, Skiing Club, theatrical club, gondola rides, trekking are prime attractions of Gulmarg. Lovers of golf will find two really fine 18-hole courses. Tennis, the talkies, the theatrical performances organized by the Gulmarg Amateur Dramatic Society, the up-to-date library at the Station Club, and numerous attractive walks and rides, furnish lot of opportunities to enjoy every bit of Gulmarg to the fullest. Different activities take place round the year. These activities make a trip to Gulmarg all the more exiting. Winter too, though severe, brings in hundreds of members of the Ski Club of India, who come at Christmas, and also in March. The trees also, at Gulmarg, are well spaced and close enough to afford skilful wood running. For the rest, one has constantly before one the glorious spectacle of the snow-capped peaks of the Nanga Parbat, which are clearly visible, and provide the crowning glory and finishing touch of natural beauty to Gulmarg. More than a hundred miles away, the magnificent Nanga Parbat — literally “the naked peak” — rises thousands of feet high above its neighbors, and culminates in the towering summit of 26,000 feet, at its topmost point