Winter is as enjoyable in Pakistan as it can be anywhere else. Though the tourism in mountain areas is not much developed for winter season, still, for youth it is a fun that is unmatched. I don’t recommend this to very old or the ones with small kids. It is sometimes hard to get things of daily use in mountain regions in Pakistan (in winter only).
1.) Spare a month or 2-4 weeks and rent out a house instead of staying at a hotel. Many houses are available. Enjoy snowing right from your window or enjoy it while you are reading your daily paper in the lawn.
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2.) Many mountain sides have paved pathways that you can use for daily walk.
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3.) Visit the mountains flooded with snow, occasionally.
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4.) Visit nearby mountains, which are not filled with snow.
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5.) Many points will provide you a better view of hillside, try to sort out such points.
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6.) Finally, this is why “Gabbar Singh” was never here, in Pakistan.
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wow mr.ashraf, which one's you?
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The one behind the camera. :(
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aww...pretty scenery nonetheless. Is that Murree?
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No these are mixed NWFP. In Murree I am allowed to face the camera.
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7.) Timberrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr (The Gang lead by me)
*Please don't cut the trees in mountains during your visit and try to avoid burning wood to get heat. It destroys the nature. On the other hand, some forest officer might eventually catch you and you might find yourself in prison. He can order you to "Hop" ("Frog Jumps") towards the station. :( *
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(This incident occurred in mountains of Murree.:) )
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yes rightly said cutting of trees is on Full swing in Pakistan.
-->>Cutting of Trees is on top in Northern reagions of punjab including Murree,Patriata & Bhurban.(where Murree has now only got some trees at Pindi Point otherwise they have make murree treeless and full of hotels)
-->>Cutting of Trees has now become a problem for NWFP Areas like Nathia Gali,Shogran and Naran, Kaghan,Swat and Chitral.
-->>Already a lot of trees have been cut down in Azad Kashmir you can see Muzaffarabad it is once filled with green tress at its corners now trees can be seen on specific locations only.
-->>Northern Areas,Sindh and Balochistan naturally got no big forests but Mangroves forest in lower Sindh delta is already reduced to half,Juniper forest in quetta have already diaappered and Northern areas have got trees only in Rama valley which have been reduced to half of original size.
--->>What our government is doing for this and what we are doing nothing
It will become a shame for northern regions of Pakistan if we dont save and plant trees.
-->> By the way you have got some snow only may be you went in wrong season early or late in the winter We have got atleat 6 ft Snow In Murree when we went the roads were becoming caves of Snow.
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8.) Prison or Poor Housing
When this trip was planned, the snowing season was just going to start, and it progressed as every day was going on. Government is putting its best efforts to save trees and animals, but people often cut them. Government cannot guard each and every tree. Some corrupt police officers often help the tree-mafia, but it is not Government's fault. There are honest forest officers, who will catch such people and put them in prison. Then all that can be done is:
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Whenever you plan your trip, please add 1-2 days to search proper housing, otherwise the above situation may apply to you as well.
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how low can the temp get up in the north of pakistan in nov december? what's the max temp in C?
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It depends. Northern areas are mountains, valleys and plains. For winter, temperature in most valleys and lower mountain areas fall to -8C to 18C, as an average (some areas may have a bit higher/lower temperature). On higher mountains, it drops a lot.
Anyways, in almost all areas, sun rises almost every day, even in winter, so it is not much difficult to go out in sunlight.
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-->>No i Dont think that you got sunlight in every day in winter we have been there and we got no sun for around a week and for your information Rain and snow season sarts in winter from the mid of december and continued till the mid of March and in february it is on top so it very difficult to get sunlight in northern areas in january and february it comes out just once in a blue moon.
-->>But in november and december and even in march one can enjoy some sunny days.
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I said sun rise almost every day, it does not mean there will be sunlight every day, but sun is still rising every day.
It is not much hard to get sunlight in January and February as well. This season it was mostly sunny days in the North (in most valleys), during January and February. Vertical peaks like K2 are exception.