Pir Panjal (India)

As February goes on,… we are shown the bucolic landscapes that heavy snowstorm are producing in our northern hemisphere mountains… and flatter land other than mountains as well… 
But not only bucolic landscape, it’s true…, as transport, schools, work and every day’s life might be paralyzed… 

It’s time for a good walk, to throw snowballs and make a snowman and when you’re cold and not feel your hands, drink a hot chocolate in front of the fireplace, while dreaming of a ski vacations… Ski vacations you can take, if dreaming, in Gulmarg, the ultimate powder ski experience site in the Himalayas… 

Gulmarg is in the Pir Panjals, one of the six ranges which make up the Himalayas, with maximum height being 6,028 m. Located at the western extremity of the world's highest peaks, the Pir Panjal's are the first mountains hit by westerly and south westerly storms which roll in over Indus River flood plains each year, providing the greater part of the Himalayas' winter snowfalls.

Pir Panjal slopes are steep and strongly covered with glaciers, glacial lakes and dense coniferous forests. 

Pir Panjal is separated from the Greater Himalayas by the Vale of Kashmir. 

The Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel crossing under the middle Himalayas range, in Jammu and Kashmir state, India, north of Banihal town. It was open to operation in June 2013 after six years construction. 

It’s 11.215 km (7 mile) length crosses through limestone, andesite and basalt.