Just visited Shimla on 23rd jan 2016 travelling from delhi via volvo. Himachal tourism volovi buses were good.providing water bottles, charging point at your seats. After reaching shimla it seems to be very beautiful, clean, peacefull and very cold. we were shivering after reaching shimla. But there was no ice.
After knowing that there is no ice in shimla this winter then we decided to go forward to narkhanda and hattu temple. We take taxi fir Rs 2800/- and visited narkhanda and hattu temple. There was a lot of ice there. we enjoyed and played a lot in the ice.
Positive - no traffice in the mall road as private vehicles are nt allowed. clean as plastic is ban. cold temperature. food.
Negative - taxi union charge more than the actual cost, there is heavy lines in the lift after morning, horses rates are very high
But we enjoyed a lot and get blessed with hanuman ji in jakhu temple