Himalayas — Clipahoy

Himalayan snowpack runs deep on Gangotri peaks, as seen from Rudragaira, Auden's Col in distance

snow · hills

Himalayan snowpack runs deep on the Jogin and Gangotri peak ranges, as seen from Rudragaira, with Auden's Col in distance. The hanging glaciers on Jogin are rather awe-inspiring. See the lovely snow field on the summit ridge.

Bull-dozer ploughs away snow from snowed over roads in Mussoorie: Bob the Builder in Winter 2022

Uttarakhand·highway · snow

Th snowfall was so sudden and intense this January 2022 that JCB bull dozers had to be called to action! They plough away from the snow from the roads and make way for traffic.

Glacier seracs, sunrise over Srikanth, Chhaian Gad Valley, Bandarpunch and its glacier on southeast

snow · hills

Early mornings over the Srikanth Peak, sun rays filtering through the cold landscape in timelapse. Rare view of the Chhaian Gad Valley in the early onset of winter before the landscape is too harsh to trek.

Ski runs at Gulmarg: fly over India's premier ski resort in Kashmir

snow

Kashmir has some excellent ski runs with perfect crystalline snow pack. The sky run lengths are considerable and the number of perfect snow days are above average. Gulmarg has some high calibre ski lifts as well.

Trekkers climb Rudragaira peak through snow-covered Himalayan slopes in Uttarakhand

hills · snow

A team of trekkers and mountaineers ascending the rugged high-altitude slopes of Rudragaira Peak (approximately 5,850 metres / 19,200 feet) in the Garhwal Himalayas of Uttarakhand, India.

Himalayan woman from Himachal cleans and shovels deep snow from her terrace near Sarahan

Himachal Pradesh·hills · snow

A Himalayan woman from Himachal cleans and shovels deep snow from her terrace and roof-top near Sarahan town.

Himalayan Ibex with huge heads of horns in aerial view of Spiti cliffy landscape, in winter freeze

Himachal Pradesh·hills · aerial

Himalayan Ibex with huge heads of horns, as seen in this aerial view of a Spiti cliffy landscape, in deep winter freeze, sheltering and living along the cliffs and rock faces of the inner Himalaya.

Nako Valley, Spiti - Holy Gate with prayer flags, Tabo Monastery, snow-capped mountains

Himachal Pradesh·hills · snow

The enchanted landscape of Spiti Valley in the Himalaya. Snow capped mountains and valleys with serene rivers flowing in Nako Valley. A holy gate made of rocks with Buddhist flags fluttering in the cold landscape.

Snow Leopard pads along in deep snow, sneaks up on herd of Ibex, in Spiti

Himachal Pradesh·snow · wildlife

A young male Snow Leopard pads along a deep snow-pack on a plateau in Spiti, Himachal Pradesh Himalaya. it approaches a herd of Ibex from behind a rock shelf in the hope of surprising them into a short sprint match which it hopes to win.

Gaumukh - Ganga glacial source, moraine rubble debris at Gangotri glacier: climate change in action

snow · river

A rare aerial view of the Gangotri glacier, with a ring-side view of climate change in action in the Himalaya, with glacial melt and Himlayan glacial run-off getting accentuated in recent years.

Chanshal Pass, Rohru in Himachal Pradesh, with fast approaching black clouds that shed snow heavily

snow

As one approached the top of Chanshal Pass in Rohru, Himachal Pradesh, and then flies over the ridges around the pass, one notices the white blanket already on the ground, but also the fast approaching black clouds that will soon after shed…

Tramping through snow in the high mountains of Himachal, out to film Snow Leopard

Himachal Pradesh·snow · wildlife

One slip off these snowed over cliffs, and the fall is a good 500 feet below, into a deep steep ravine! Nonetheless, our camera crew continue onwards to reach their filming destination - a big cliff face where a Snow Leopard is likely to cr…

Brilliant Himalayan snow peak view from Kuari pass: highest peaks of Chaukhamba and Nilkanth, in Uttarakhand

hills · snow

Chaukhamba is a mountain massif in the Gangotri Group of the Garhwal Himalaya. Its main summit, Chaukhamba I, is the highest peak in the group.

India's high altitude, cold desert region of complete rock face and barren slopes, in Spiti

Himachal Pradesh·hills · snow

Spiti Valley, surrounded on all sides by the soaring snowy mountain walls of the high Himalaya, Spiti is situated India’s northern border with Tibet in the state of Himachal Pradesh.

Convoluted mass of crevasses en route Kalindi Khal, with massive Shweta glacier beyond Gangotri

hills · snow

A lone yellow tent with smaller tents pitched on the ablation valley along a glacial shelf with the glacier separated by just a small ridge. A small glacial melt water lake is located at the edge of the moraine.

Snow Leopard mum with her cubs walk gingerly and super carefully on a snowy rocky cliff-edge

snow · wildlife

Snow Leopard mum with her cubs walk gingerly and super carefully on a snowy rocky cliff-edge, in the Himalaya.

Clouds gently billow around Tibri hill, after a gentle dusting of winter snow, from, in Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·hills · snow

Clouds gently billow around Tibri hill, after a gentle dusting of winter snow, as seen from wildfilmsindia's wildlife sanctuary and botanical estate at Jabbarkhet in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand.

Winter snow on Himalayan peaks - a blanket of white stretches out as far as the eye can see, in Leh

Ladakh·hills · snow

A right hand side seat on the Delhi - Ladakh flight earns a passenger mystical views of the Ladakh ranges of the Himalayas as the flight nears Leh on its descent to land.

Fly over crevassed Himalayan glacier: Rudragaira view to Naga-Nelang valley and Auden's col, in Uttarakhand

hills · snow

What a brilliant aerial view from halfway up Rudragaira peak in the Gangotri Himalaya of Uttarakhand state, India.

Gangotri peak view from above Rudragaira glacier: heavily crevassed Rudragaira glacier, in Uttarakhand

snow · hills

A pile of stones creates a route marker known as a cairn or thoua en route the Gangotri peaks which can be clearly seen in bright winter light on the way up to Mt. Rudragaira in the Garhwal Himalaya.

Himalayan Peak Bandarpunch from Chhaiyan Bamak glacier near Hanuman peak and Jaonli, in Garhwal, in Uttarakhand

hills · snow

Views of Mt. Bandarpunch, Black Peak (Kalanag) or Bandarpunch II, Hanuman and Jaonli, as seen from the Chhaiyan Bamak glacier in the Garhwal Himalaya.

Trekking into deep snow-pack en route to Bamsaru Khal around Bandapunch Peak in Garhwal, in Uttarakhand

river · snow

A group of trekkers plod through incresingly deep snowpack to get up to Bamsaru Khal for a great view of the Bandarpunch massif, above Dodital lake.

Himalayan wild flower seeds in autumn, in time for winter dispersal, spring sprouting - Chhaiyan Gad, in Uttarakhand

hills · flowers

A sea of rarely seen Himalayan wildflowers in the cold valley of the Garhwal Himalaya with matured seeds ready for the next year's flowering season. A field of white-cotton like matured seeds cover the valley surface near a small brook.

Snow Leopard roams treacherous craggy cliffs, marks its territory and takes a dump, in Ladakh

wildlife · snow

Chukor Partridge and Pied Magpies call close at hand while the huffing of the cameraman gets caught in the camera's audio track. A Snow Leopard roams the treacherous craggy cliffs in high altitude desert of Ladakh, India.