Heavy snowfall in Kashmir valley

A man skis down a slope in Gulmarg, some 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Srinagar, India, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. Gulmarg, which means meadow of flowers, was transformed into a resort by the British nearly a century ago. Located at (9,000 feet) 2,745 meters above sea level, it gets one to one and a half meters (3 5 feet) of snow in the winter. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

Sunlight is reflected off a snow covered field in Gulmarg, some 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Srinagar, India, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. Gulmarg, which means meadow of flowers, was transformed into a resort by the British nearly a century ago. Located at (9,000 feet) 2,745 meters above sea level, it gets one to one and a half meters (3 5 feet) of snow in the winter. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

An Indian army soldier patrols near Gulmarg, some 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Srinagar, India, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. Gulmarg, which means meadow of flowers, was transformed into a resort by the British nearly a century ago. Located at (9,000 feet) 2,745 meters above sea level, it gets one to one and a half meters (3 5 feet) of snow in the winter. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

A tourist skis down a slope in Gulmarg, some 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Srinagar, India, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. Gulmarg, which means meadow of flowers, was transformed into a resort by the British nearly a century ago. Located at (9,000 feet) 2,745 meters above sea level, it gets one to one and a half meters (3 5 feet) of snow in the winter. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

A Kashmiri man walks through a snow covered field in Gulmarg, some 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Srinagar, India, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. Gulmarg, which means meadow of flowers, was transformed into a resort by the British nearly a century ago. Located at (9,000 feet) 2,745 meters above sea level, it gets one to one and a half meters (3 5 feet) of snow in the winter. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

A Kashmiri laborer pull his sledges as he looks for customers in Gulmarg, some 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Srinagar, India, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. Gulmarg, which means meadow of flowers, was transformed into a resort by the British nearly a century ago. Located at (9,000 feet) 2,745 meters above sea level, it gets one to one and a half meters (3 5 feet) of snow in the winter. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

Kashmiri laborers pull tourists on sleds in Gulmarg, some 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Srinagar, India, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. Gulmarg, which means meadow of flowers, was transformed into a resort by the British nearly a century ago. Located at (9,000 feet) 2,745 meters above sea level, it gets one to one and a half meters (3 5 feet) of snow in the winter. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

Kashmiri laborers pull tourists on sleds in Gulmarg, some 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Srinagar, India, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. Gulmarg, which means meadow of flowers, was transformed into a resort by the British nearly a century ago. Located at (9,000 feet) 2,745 meters above sea level, it gets one to one and a half meters (3 5 feet) of snow in the winter. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)