Adequate medical facilities are available at Auli and Joshimath and medical assistance can be easily obtained from Army and Civil hospitals, including, emergency rescue by helicopters.

Training Courses in Skiing
Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam(GMVN) conducts 7 and 14 days skiing courses at Auli and special provisions for day tourists are also available.
Tourists are advised to bring woolen clothing, cap, socks, dark glasses, gloves, mufflers, pullovers, windproof jacket, gum/snow boots and a torch light. These accessories are a must for the tourist keeping in mind the weather conditions at Auli where the temperature drops to as low as -8°C in winters although it is moderately cold in the summers.
The tourists who are interested in skiing may bring the equipment at their choice with them. Ski equipment is also available on hire.
The thrill of skiing over snow covered terrain remains unparalleled. As the element are defeated and unimaginable distances traversed, exhilaration swells up. In skiing the use of only the simplest form of implements serve to add to the adventure.
Skies consists of long, narrow and flexible runners with curved front ends turned up and pointed. To aid the process of acceleration and balancing, a pair of poles with leather strips on the top and sharp metal tips at the bottom are used to prevent the skier from sinking. With these elementary implements, the skier triumphs over steep gradients and often charts new paths.
Auli is not only the battleground for experienced skiers, who come here armed with their skiing equipment, it is also a training ground for those aspiring to ski skillfully with the help of expert guidance.
Training courses are conducted in modules of 7 and 14 days. Training is imparted to the enrolled persons in modern skiing techniques by qualified instructors from Skiing & Tourist Resorts, Auli and Indian Institute of Skiing and Mountaineering, Gulmarg.
The 7 days course are non-certificate course with a total of 25 seats. These courses are conducted in January, February and March.
The 14 days module is a certificate course, each on having 15 seats.

Facilities
The State run Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam (GMVN), provides following facilities at Auli for the convenience of the tourists:
• A state-of-art Ski lift, imported from France. The Ski lift is 500 meters long which makes it the longest in the country.
• The slopes of Auli also have the luxury of an 800 meter long chair-lift linking the lower slopes with upper slopes.
• There are two snow beaters, imported from Germany.
• A 3.9 km long rope-way to the upper slopes of Auli. It covers a track distance of 4.15 kms and is the longest rope-way in Asia in zig back system. It has ten towers of self supporting steel structures with saddles and shoes. Remote controlled hydraulic and pneumatic Braking system makes it the safest rope-way too. Besides, most sophisticated circuitry with telemetry and storm warning devices are used to minimize human error.

FESSTIVAL
The rugged and snowy terrain of Auli is so challenging that it used to be a training ground for India’s Paramilitary Forces in the 70’s. Realizing the potential of Auli as a ski-resort, the State Government had it surveyed by French and Australian experts who favorable compared the slopes of Auli to the best in the world. Auli is today a promising ski-spot and an ideal winter resort.
Apart from Skiing Festivals being held here since 1986, National Championships under the aegis of Winder Games Federation of India have been held at Auli with technical and other backup assistance provided by various government and adventure related agencies. Winter Games Federation of India have been providing technical and backup support.

Accessibility
Air
For those traveling by air, the nearest airport is at Jolly Grant Airport (Dehradun) 273 km from Joshimath, 17 km from Rishikesh.
Rail
Coming from any part of India, the nearest rail head is Haridwar 299 km from Auli.
Road
Auli is only a 13 km drive from Joshimath. State transport and Union buses play regularly between Joshimath and Rishikesh (253 kms). Local Transport Union buses and State Transport buses operate between Joshimath and Rishikesh (253 km), Haridwar (277 km), Dehradun (298 km) and Delhi (500 km).
From Joshimath onwards, both bus and taxi services are available for Auli. Deluxe coaches can also be arranged with prior notice for the group of 15 people or more.

By Cable Car
The most popular way to drop in at Auli is by the famed cable car service which runs for 3 kms. Traveling by the rope-way, it is impossible to resist the captive beauty of the snow covered peaks, the alpine forest and the bracing climate.
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