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Snow Festival at Gabin Jabba, Swat district starts from Feb 25

After successful completion of Kalam and Galiyat snow festivals that attracted thousands of tourists and adventure sportsmen, the Government of KP is going to organize a three days snow festival at scenic Gabin Jabba in Swat district from February 25-27, 2022 to promote adventure and winter sports in the province.

As per Junaid Khan, Deputy Commissioner Swat, traditional stalls, food court, sports, ice village, kids play area and cultural events have been planned for Gabbin Jabba snow festival starting from February 25 in the newly explored tourists resort of Pakistan.

Gabin Jabba would be yet another major event of winter sports in Swat bringing together thousands of skiers, skaters, snowboarders and adventure enthusiasts from across the country.

Besides, culture events, music, traditional singers, khattak dance and Rabab with Tabla would  also enthrall tourists. Free mountain bike, bicycle race, archery and rock climbing would add colours to the festival.

Like Kalam and Gilyat snow festivals, the Shandor, Broghal and Gabin Jabba festivals would also attract thousands of tourists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

KP's Malam Jabba in Swat is Pakistan's first ever ski resort is a great source of attraction of skiing lovers while Kalam, Madain, Galiyat, Kaghan, Naran, Chitral are most suited for trekking, hiking and paragliding besides scuba diving.

Khyber  Pakhtunkhwa's northern areas are blessed with unique treasures of mountains, tallest peaks and plenty of dams and lakes offering great challenges to mountaineers and hikers.

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