 Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Afghanistan has probably the best scenery on Earth.
Would make a great ski station.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Dead in the water.
Pipe dream unfortunately.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Not a pipe dream ski touring there can be very interesting but as a place with ski lifts etc etc, now that would be a real challenge to make happen. There are or rather were two places in Pakistan that had lifts, now one has been destroyed by taliban, other still works (sometimes!!!), but there are also a few other places out there with temporary lifts. An interesting region and a place to keep an eye on for the real thrill of adventure, heli skiing is also good in the area, but that is another story.
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I do wonder in these remote area away from skier populations and transportation hubs, would it not be more feasible to run a cat or heli operation rather than putting down fixed lifts?
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What is the point of the grauniad running this story? It's never going to happen as a ski resort. Just leave it alone 
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Its not new . I know alot of folk who in the past have made turns there.
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If I want to get shot I can always stay home!
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| snowcrazy wrote: |
| Not a pipe dream ski touring there can be very interesting but as a place with ski lifts etc etc, now that would be a real challenge to make happen. There are or rather were two places in Pakistan that had lifts, now one has been destroyed by taliban, other still works (sometimes!!!), but there are also a few other places out there with temporary lifts. An interesting region and a place to keep an eye on for the real thrill of adventure, heli skiing is also good in the area, but that is another story. |
As a commercial, resort based venture attracting non-Afghani skiers who are not in the country already due to the conflict, I'm convinced it's a pipe dream.
I've ski toured in Pakistan and the terrain there and the broader region encompassing Afghanistan is immense. The logistics however make this venture unrealistic.
And I'm aware they said the same about Gulmarg.
But then again Gulmarg is not your typical resort experience, and attracts a very hard-core clientelle.
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