Grass-skiing course begins in Solang

MANALI: A sevenday grassskiing course began at the Solang Valley near here on Thursday The course has specially been designed for the local youth free of cost

Updated At : 05:59 AM Oct 04, 2016 IST

A grass skiing course in progress at the Solang slopes in Manali. Photo: MC Thakur

Our Correspondent

MANALI, October 3

A seven-day grass-skiing course began at the Solang Valley near here on Thursday. The course has specially been designed for the local youth free of cost.

Capt Randhir Singh Salhuria, Director, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sports, said the institute took the initiative to introduce grass skiing on the slopes of the valley in 2011.

He said for the grass skiing, about 150-m grass slope had been developed. It offered a good scope for employment to the youth. It would also give a boost to adventure tourism, he added.

The valley has attained popularity for winter sports and other adventure activities such as paragliding, trekking and mountaineering.