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The Indian Institute of Skiing and Mountaineering (IISM) is located in:
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Answer: Option A — Gulmarg, Jammu and Kashmir
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The Indian Institute of Skiing and Mountaineering (IISM) is located in Gulmarg, in the Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir.
About the IISM:
- It was set up in 1969 under the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India.
- It is one of the main institutes in India for training in skiing and mountaineering, as well as other adventure sports.
- It conducts courses in skiing (beginner, intermediate and advanced), snowboarding, mountaineering, trekking and water sports.
- It trains ski instructors and guides, and promotes adventure tourism.
- It is a unit of the Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management (IITTM).
About Gulmarg:
- It is located at a height of about 2,650 metres in the Pir Panjal range.
- Its name means "meadow of flowers"; in the 16th century, Sultan Yusuf Shah Chak named it after its many wild flowers.
- It is India's leading ski resort and one of the best-known in Asia.
The Gulmarg Gondola is one of the highest and longest cable cars in the world. Its second phase goes up to Kongdoori and the Apharwat peak, at about 3,980 metres.
The Khelo India Winter Games have been held in Gulmarg since 2020.
It also has one of the highest golf courses in the world.
The Indian Army's "High Altitude Warfare School" (HAWS), set up in 1948, is also located in Gulmarg. It trains soldiers in mountain warfare, skiing and survival in snow.
Other mountaineering institutes in India:
- Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI): Darjeeling, West Bengal; founded in 1954 after the first ascent of Mount Everest; Tenzing Norgay was its first Director of Field Training.
- Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM): Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand; founded in 1965.
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sports: Manali, Himachal Pradesh; founded in 1961.
- Jawahar Institute of Mountaineering and Winter Sports: Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir.
- National Institute of Mountaineering and Adventure Sports (NIMAS): Dirang, Arunachal Pradesh.
- The Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF), New Delhi, is the apex body for mountaineering in India.
Other ski resorts in India:
Auli (Uttarakhand), Solang Valley (Manali, Himachal Pradesh), and Pahalgam (Jammu and Kashmir).
Why not the other options?
- ✗Manali has the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Mountaineering.
- ✗Auli is a ski resort in Uttarakhand.
- ✗Darjeeling has the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute.
Quick tip
Remember: Indian Institute of Skiing and Mountaineering = Gulmarg (1969, Ministry of Tourism); HAWS = Gulmarg (Army); HMI = Darjeeling (1954); NIM = Uttarkashi; Khelo India Winter Games = Gulmarg.
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