A Nation With Some Of The World's Highest Mountains Is Finally Starting To Ski
Despite Nepal's wealth of mountains, downhill skiing is not a popular sport. It's expensive and there's a lack of infrastructure for it. But enthusiasts are encouraging young people to try the sport.
The Himalayan village of Kalinchowk, sitting at an altitude of about 12,000 feet in eastern Nepal and known for its temple to the Hindu goddess Kali, gets snow every year. After a recent storm, the town's young people flock to wooden lodges and dance around campfires.
Utsav Pathak is determined to get some of them on skis.
"In Nepal, nobody skis, I think," says Pathak.
But he does. The 23-year-old entrepreneur —. He has arrived from Kathmandu with skis and other equipment, and two busloads of people, to try to hook them on skiing here — the closest spot with some snow.
