In Photos: ‘Tis the Season to Be Jolly in the Snow

Check out photos of the first snow of the season from the hill stations of India.

Badrinath in Uttarakhand continued to witness heavy snowfall. 

(Photo: ANI)

When it comes to seasons, India is blessed with gifts from both ends of the spectrum. In summer, Indians enjoy the luxury of tropical fruits, and in winter there is mesmerising icy-white snow.

One moment the mountains were grey and the soil was brown, and then the snow-bearing clouds descended. Soon enough, the hill areas of Kashmir, Uttarakhand, and Himachal Pradesh were all under a blanket of snow.

Gulmarg hours before the first snowfall of the season.

The beginning of snowfall in Kashmir.

Fir trees covered in snow from the season’s first snowfall in Kashmir.

The wood of the forest and streams under snow in Kashmir.

Kashmiris chop wood for fire after the first shower of snow.

A Kashmiri boy walks through the snow.

Tourists frolicking in the first snowfall of the season, in Kashmir.

Gulmarg receives fresh snowfall in the Baramula District of Jammu and Kashmir on 16 November.

Tourists enjoy riding horses on a snow covered hill in Sonamarg, east of Srinagar.

Dhundi in Himachal Pradesh after the season’s first snowfall.

Tourists enjoy a sledge ride on a snow covered hill in Sonamarg.

A view of Sonamarg after the season’s first snowfall on 15 November.

Dhundi in Himachal Pradesh after the season’s first snowfall.

First snowfall in Himachal Pradesh’s Dhundi.

Dhundi covered in a blanket of snow.

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