Himalayan Ibex · Gulmarg

The Team

Guides and trainers who ski, ride and walk these mountains year-round — locals who know Gulmarg from the inside.

Guides & trainers

On the mountain with you

The founders built the school. Read their story. These are the people who guide, teach and look after you on the hill.

Senior Ski Trainer

Senior ski trainer and alpine instructor with 12+ years at IISM Gulmarg — technique, slope safety, and the patience to build a skier properly.

Head Snowboard Trainer

Umar “Roy” Lone, head snowboarding trainer — gold medals across basic, intermediate and advanced courses, plus waterski credentials.

Snow Skier

A Gulmarg skier who makes technical terrain look quiet — years on varied snow, instinct you cannot buy from a manual.

Ski Guide

Ski guide with deep knowledge of Pir Panjal backcountry routes — the person you want when the day goes off-piste.

Ski Guide

Ten years guiding Gulmarg’s demanding terrain — encyclopaedic local slopes and a calm manner that settles first-timers.

Ski Instructor & Medical

A decade of ski instructing paired with medical training — technique on the hill and first aid when the mountain is unkind.

Want to join our team of mountain guides?