Unusually warmer weather this winter has even impacted the extreme winter sports like ice hockey and 105-kilometre Chadar trek in the cold desert mountains of Ladakh, where minimum temperature drops up to minus 40 degree Celsius and is considered the country’s coldest place.
Ice hockey rinks in Ladakh’s Kargil town witnessed rare scenes on January 13-14 when the organisers switched on fans in the night to add to the freezing temperatures.
“The formation of the ice surface was not up to the mark this year. It could have proved dangerous for those practicing and playing ice hockey matches. Electric fans helped in the freezing process and made the rink playable and safe,” an ice hockey player from Kargil said. However, ice hockey was not majorly impacted in Ladakh’s Leh.
