Kashmir Mountains

Jammu Kashmir is a valley surrounded by a number of great mountains and mountain ranges. A number of mountain ranges, including the mighty Himalayas are also located in this North Indian state. The Himalayas are the supreme destination for adventure sports. Climbing, a recent inclusion in the genre of adventure sports has become one of the most popular adventure sports at present. The sport started in UK in 1960. Himalayas is the best place for rock climbing. The mountains of the Himalayas have a great height with a varied and rugged topography. Rock climbing is fairly a recent sport in Jammu Kashmir and it was started here keeping in view the great popularity of the sport. Rock climbing is pretty similar to that of mountaineering and it consists of mounting a mountain or a rock face using only a safety rope. Jammu Kashmir has become a popular destination for rock mountaineers across the world. There are a number of stunning mountain ranges in the state that are ideal for climbing. Kishtawar, Zanskar, Kashmir and Ladakh have mountains that are suitable for mountaineering. The best known peaks in Kashmir are Kolahoi, Harmukh, Tattakuti, PirPanjal Range and other many other mountains in Sonamarg and Pahalgam.