December – March · above 2,000 metres

Where India keeps its snow

Nine places that reliably hold deep snow, ordered by how high you have to climb to reach them — and how hard that is in January.

The altitude ladder

Snow in India is a function of height and latitude, not of month. Below 1,800 metres you get frost; above 3,000 you get a season that lasts until April. Pick a base to see what it costs and how hard it is to reach.

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What deep snow looks like here

Lifts, cabins, pine and horses — the four things you will actually photograph above 2,500 metres in January.

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Six things winter does to a plan

None of these are reasons not to go. They are reasons to leave slack in the itinerary.

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Fourteen frames of Himalayan winter

Lifts, cabins, deodar and horses. What the mountains actually look like between December and March.

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