Snow in Pakistan: Perfect slopes for tourists and winter sports enthusiasts

Skiers slip in long, musical swoops down perfect white inclines in northern Pakistan, braking in a shower of snow as fighters conveying quick firing weapons observe apathetically. 

Many competitors partook at an uncommon global challenge in the South Asian nation, which brags some the world's most noteworthy mountains however stays off-piste for most winter sports lovers following quite a while of contention and an absence of foundation. 

Settled in the Karakoram mountain extend, the Naltar Ski Resort has been at the core of Pakistan's endeavors to draw winter sport voyagers since the primary universal challenge was held there in 2015. 

"Pakistan has a ton of things to adapt yet with consistently it's showing signs of improvement," said Ukrainian skier Anastasiia Gorbunova, who conceded she used to think it was a "quite hazardous nation". 

"Presently I know it's a buzzword on the grounds that as I saw, individuals are sweet, they are decent, they attempt to make you have an inclination that you're at home and I value that." 

Security has significantly enhanced crosswise over Pakistan following a crackdown on activist gatherings lately. 

Specialists as of late re-opened another hotel in the close-by Swat Valley that had been shut for a considerable length of time by extremist movement, while other ski offices are being produced somewhere else in the nation. 

Laura Moore, a delegate of the International Ski Federation with the Azerbaijan group, said Pakistan flaunted unrivaled ski conditions. 

In any case, she included that extensive street travel and the customary establishing of flights amid severe climate made access to ski handle a dubious prospect - "off-piste and perhaps with a helicopter". 

"I believe it's unquestionably more for the traveler," Moore said at Sunday's opposition. 

Pakistan is home to a few pinnacles higher than 8,000 meters including K2, the second-tallest mountain on the planet. 

Skiers at the Naltar occasion were facilitated by the Pakistan Air Force, who possess the ski resort and encouraged their vehicle from the capital Islamabad. 

"Not all nations have mountains like this," Berkin Usta, a Turkish skier who won the men's Grand Slalom occasion. "It's great."