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An aerial journey over the ski slopes of Gulmarg in Jammu and Kashmir state in India. Skiiers descend the gentle and lengthy ski runs, even as other skiers head up the chair car lifts to the tops of nearby Apharwat mountain near the Line of Control with Pakistan. See the same cable car gondola that experienced a terrible accident in June 2017, leading to the death of seven people, including an entire family from Delhi. These same meadows become alpine flower gardens in summer-time, after snow-melt. Millions of irises and run-wild Lupines dot the slopes. Apharwat Peak is a summit, situated at a height of 4,390 metres above the sea level, in Gulmarg. It receives heavy snowfall and remains covered with snow for much of the year. The Line of Control is barely a few kilometres away from here. T
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