article_snippet: For years, locals have been using primitive skis fashioned from planks of wood and homemade poles to go up and down the mountains, which are home to peaceful minority groups.
article_snippet: With no ski lift or rope tow, skiers must hike up the mountain before skiing back down .
article_snippet: It is the definition of raw skiing, as there are no ski lifts, meaning skiers must hike up the mountain.
article_snippet: Kausar Hussain said locals, who strap planks of wood to wood feet, usually beat the foreigners as the foreigners ski up the mountain and then ski back down.