Srinagar, Jan. 25 -- Buoyed by the heavy snowfall in the past few days, Jammu and Kashmir chief minister (CM) Omar Abdullah slid down the slopes of the ski resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir on Sunday to take stock of the situation and also to arouse more interest among the tourists to the valley's iconic winter tourist destination.

Omar was in Gulmarg to review the restoration works post snowfall where he also donned the ski gears to slide down the slopes of Kongdori. He also posed with enthusiastic tourists who wished to click selfies.

Kashmir received a moderate to major spell of snowfall on January 22-23 bringing much respite from the months of dry weather conditions.

Omar often rushes to the ski resort every year for his part of t...