Srinagar, Dec 31 || All higher reaches of Kashmir received snowfall in the last 12 hours as the minimum temperature rose above the freezing point on Wednesday, everywhere except Gulmarg ski resort.
Tourists presently in the Valley to celebrate New Year's Eve were thrilled to witness snowfall in Gulmarg, Sonamarg and Pahalgam tourist resorts. Snowfall on New Year's Eve gave the perfect setting to this year’s celebrations as a pristine blanket of white covered the ground in Gulmarg and other places of tourist interest.
Kashmir at this time was thronged by tourists from different parts of the country, and many of them said they were seeing the snowfall first time in their lives.
All hotels in Srinagar city and Gulmarg are completely sold out, as hotels in Sonamarg and Pahalgam are also witnessing some tourist footfall this winter.
The minimum temperature rose above the freezing point throughout the Valley due to the nightlong cloud cover, except in Gulmarg, where the minimum temperature was minus 3 degrees Celsius.