Thankfully the amiable pony owner co-operates and helps to capture the captivating landscapes along the way.

At the glacier, tourists are seen making their way up this incredible silver snowy slope. So you too followed suit. Climbing this staggering Glacier up over 150 meters is an utterly enthralling experience. You find yourself surrounded by snow from all sides.

Now you have to climb down. It’s not that easy walking on the slippery snow. So you hire a sledge and speedy slide down the slope. This is really exciting hence the “Wow” was palpable.

Incidentally, Sonmarg is the shorter route from where Amarnath Yatris can trek to visit the highly revered Shiva Lingam at the Holy Shrine.

Back to the car, Amir, a young and seemingly experienced but aggressive speedster, zooms the car now towards Kargil. This stretch passes through some indescribable treacherous mountain terrains and Amir dangerously negotiates over these narrow strips of road almost nonchalantly.

Particularly scary was the 25 Kms slim stretch with surface of just lose stone and slushy mud below and intimidating steep valley on the right.