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International Business Times
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Parvaiz BUKHARI

India's Kashmir Ski Industry Melts As Temperatures Rise

Gulmarg is usually crowded with tourists coming to ski in January, but with no snow, the industry has collapsed (Credit: AFP)

Winter in the Himalayas should mean blanketing snow, and for Gulmarg in Indian-administered Kashmir, one of the highest ski resorts in the world, that usually means thousands of tourists.

This year, the deep powder once taken for granted is gone. The slopes are brown and bare, a stark example of the impact of the extreme weather caused by the rapidly heating planet, experts say.

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