Gadsar Lake, Sonamarg, Jammu & Kashmir India

Gadsar Lake, also known as the 'Valley of Flower' is situated at an elevation of 5000 m above sea level. It is located at a distance of 28 km from Sonamarg. Set amidst the beautiful picturesque of Himalayas, this Lake is counted amongst the highest altitude lakes of the region. The literal meaning of Gadsar in Kashmiri is 'the lake of fishes'. The Lake stretches up to 0.85 kilometres and has a width of 0.76 km. Surrounded by alpine flowers, the lake remains frozen during the months of November and April. Tourists who are interested in fishing can visit here and enjoy trout fishing, which is one of the popular activities of this region. Vaishnosar Lake and Krishansar Lake are some of the other nearby tourist attractions.

The Gadsar Lake or the Yemsar Lake also called as the lake of flowers is a picturesque, alpine high altitude oligotrophic lake in Ganderbal district of Kashmir valley at an elevation of 3600 metres. It has a max. length of 0.85 kilometres and max. width of 0.76 kilometres. Gadsar in Kashmiri means the lake of fishes, a natural habitat of trout and other types of fishes among of which is the brown trout. The lake freezes in the month of November to April and is mostly covered by snow during these months, the floating ice bergs are seen even in summer. It is surrounded by alpine meadows full of various kinds of wild alpine flowers, therefore the lake is also called as the valley of flowers.The lake is mainly fed by melting of glaciers.