It’s Snowing in Darjeeling and Sikkim After 10 Years!

Finally, snow time!

Sikkim and Darjeeling enjoy some snow flakes after 10 years.

(Photo Courtesy: Manish Koirala)

The last time the people of Sikkim and Darjeeling saw snow was in 2008.

That’s correct!

And on Friday afternoon, after a decade, they began their last weekend of the year with the beautiful sight of snow, with roads and hills covered under sheets of snow.

Parts of Gangtok, Nathula, Ravangla and the area near Tashi witnessed snow flakes. Unfortunately, this also meant some tourists were stranded at the Nathula – the Indo-China border.

Even so, tourists and locals alike in Darjeeling are thrilled with the snowfall!

It was a good Friday afternoon for the locals.

The Darjeeling hills were covered with layers of snow.

The people of Darjeeling witnessed snow after 10 long years. 

Even the town of Ravangla saw snow after more than 10 years. 

Arial view of Kewzing Road, Ravangla.

On Friday, it started raining hailstones. 

By Friday afternoon came a light snowfall.

According to media reports, the weather will dip further until Monday. 

Locals feel with this snow, the tourist activities will further increase in the town, Kewzing Road Ravangla

Darjeeling roads looked like they were covered with cake icing. 

The tourists also got to see this amazing sight.

Manish Koirala couldn’t have asked for a better ending to 2018. 

People played in the snow, something that they hadn’t been able to do for 10 years. 

Cars were covered with snow on Kewzing Road, Ravangla

Perfect postcard photo, Kewzing Road, Ravangla.

‘It’s freezing right now. But we are not complaining,’ says Mausam, a local. 

Sikkim tourist destinations received snow too.