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Patni Top 112 kms from Jammu. This famous hill resort is perched on a beautiful
plateau, at an altitude of 2024 metres across which the Jammu-Srinagar Highway passes.
Enveloped by thickly wooded forests, Patnitop offers beautiful picnic spots, peaceful
walks and breathtaking views of the mountainscape of the Chenab basin.
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In winter, the resort is generally covered with a thick mantle of snow thus providing
opportunities for various snow games including skiing. It is the best developed
tourist spot of Jammu and is second to none in its natural charm, climate, pine
forests and lush green cover. The occupancy of the huts and Dak Banglow is full
in summer months. There is ambitious plan of Patnitop Development Authority to develop
Patnitop, Kud, Sud-Mahadev, Mantalai circuit. The costruction work of Mall Road
at Kud is also proposed to be taken up. Trekking route from Kud to Patnitop-Sanasar
has already been completed. The complete tourist circuit covers Jammu-Katra-VaishnoDeviji,
Kud-Sanasar, Patnitop-Gourikund, Sudmahadev, Mantali, extending upto Latti-Dhuna.
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