The prominent sports activities, which will be the hallmark attractions of the winter games includes snow Shoe Race, Ice Skating, Ice Hockey, Skiing, Nordic Ski, Snowboarding, Ski Mountaineering and Ice Stock besides other activities.

Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir won the maximum number of medals in the second edition of the Khelo India Winter national Games in February 2021 as they won 11 gold, 18 silver and 5 bronze to finish with a tally of 34 medals. More than 1000 athletes from various parts of the country participated in the mega five-day event, which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Dr. Javid ul Rehman, assistant director JK Tourism department Gulmarg says that huge rush of tourists is expecting in Gulmarg this winter season as around 15.5 lacs international and national tourists and skiing players visited Gulmarg in last winter and this time footfall of tourists is expected to be all time high.

He further says that heli skiers in high numbers from Germany, Russian, USA, French, Australia are also expected as during last two years arrival of tourists and heli skiers remained low due to Covid and travel advisories of different countries and this time as Jammu and Kashmir has already received tourists around 1.80 crores in 2022 shows that in winter seasons, Gulmarg is expecting high number of national and international tourists.    

Gull Mustafa Dev, Incharge winter sports of Youth Services & Sports at Gulmarg was the first Indian Olympian from Jammu and Kashmir, who represented India in the Winter Olympic Games held at Calgary, Canada in 1988 says that Every year in winter seasons school children of Jammu as well as Kashmir comes to Gulmarg for 15 days skiing training courses of five categories after that they took part in the next levels of skiing which the department provides free of cost for all the students there during the training period.

The temperature of Gulmarg ranges from -4°C to -11°C in winter and this place receives heavy snowfall during the season, thus making it the ideal spot for snow sports. Gulmarg offers a host of other snow sports at this time of the year.