Gulmarg Gondola, Pahalgam

Gulmarg Gondola, Pahalgam (India)

Gulmarg Gondola in Gulmarg Jammu and Kashmir union territory of India is a high altitude cable car Higher lines include the Dagu Glacier Gondola.The two-stage gondola lift ferries about 600 people per hour to and from Kongdoori Mountain a shoulder of nearby Apharwat Peak. The ropeway project is a joint venture of the Jammu and Kashmir government and French firm Pomagalski. The first stage transfers from the Gulmarg resort at 2600 m to Kongdoori Station in the bowl-shaped Kongdori valley. The second stage of the ropeway which has 36 cabins and 18 towers takes skiers to a height of 3747 m on Kongdoori Mountain a shoulder of nearby Afarwat Peak (4200 m. The second stage was completed in a record time of about two years at a cost of 180000000 Indian Rupees and opened on 28 May 2005. The French company had also built the first phase of the gondola project connecting Gulmarg to Kongdoori in 1998.