Patnitop
Patnitop is a hill station, located, between Ramban, [Jammu and Kashmir|Ramban | Jammu]Town and Udhampur city in the Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is in located on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, from Jammu, on the way from Udhampur to Srinagar. Situated on a plateau in the Shivalik belt of the Himalayas, Patnitop sits at an altitude of. The river Chenab flows in close proximity to this location. Patnitop lies in District Udhampur of Jammu And Kashmir
Frequent snowfall and avalanches in winter at Patnitop often obstructed the Jammu–Srinagar National Highway, causing long queues of vehicles, sometimes lasting for days. These challenges were mitigated by the opening of the Dr. [Syama Prasad Mookerjee Tunnel]. At, it is India's longest road tunnel. The tunnel begins approximately from Chenani town, south of Patnitop, and extends to Nashri village, north of Patnitop. This reduces the distance from Jammu to Srinagar by, bypassing Patnitop and ensuring all-weather connectivity.
The Patnitop Ropeway
Skyview Patnitop is India's highest ropeway and the largest Indo-French collaboration in mountain infrastructure development was built in a record time of 2.4 years under the Public-Private Partnership model. The ropeway started its commercial operations on 20 July 2020. A month after starting its commercial operation, the Skyview Patnitop by Empyrean, an initiative by Empyrean Skyview Projects Private Limited, was awarded the best adventure tourism destination 2019.It features India's highest ropeway with over 65 meters of ground clearance and the longest span of 849 meters between eight towers. The Ropeway reduces the travel time between sanget & patnitop to 15 minutes from the earlier 1.5 hours.