India's first igloo built in Sethan village, 12 km from Manali

The igloo built by two skiers in Sethan village, 12 km uphill from Manali, is claimed to be India's first igglo. It is made out of snow blocks and situated at an altitude of over 3,000 m close to Hampta Pass in Himachal Pradesh. The height of the igloo is nine feet. It is a 12'x10' structure with a 12-foot-high frontage and can accommodate a snow bed, a table and a chair.
They built the igloo by learning the technique from YouTube and it was built within 20 days.
This has been reported in thestatesman.com dated 9 February 2017.

The igloo is built in an area known for growing delicious apples and the igloo can take in three persons and the area could easily stay in the structure. There is more than three feet of snow where the igloo has been set up. Given the present temperatures, the igloo will not melt till March-end.
Renting out igloos to tourists can give a boost to adventure-related tourism under the home-stay scheme in the Kullu-Manali region which is a hot spot for tourists, which is followed by Shimla and Dharamsala.


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