Overview
- Twenty-six bases are in the Kashmir Valley and 17 in the Jammu region, each hosting 15–25 personnel for short search-and-assault deployments in mountain huts known as dhoks.
- Officials describe the sites as positioned in higher reaches around 3,000–6,000 feet, with operations extending over ridgelines up to about 8,900 feet.
- Multiple posts were set along the Pahalgam–Tral–Harwan corridor soon after the April 2025 Baisaran attack that killed 26.
- A forward base at Faqir Gujri supported Operation Mahadev, which in July 2025 led to the killing of the three men behind the Pahalgam attack.
- CRPF has fielded winter gear and satellite phones to sustain snowbound missions, while intelligence estimates differ on militant strength between roughly 100 foreign fighters overall or a 40–60 regional split, with two locals identified.