salam alekum brothers
great informative thread started by Rana sb... 
my friends visited swat end of march 2013, they went to mingora,malam jabba,madyan,kalam
-malam jabba was having its ski n smile event at that time so lots of snow
-madyan was cold but no snow
-kalam was very cold with around 6 feet snow on the ground
-road to kalam was rough but do-able in corolla xli
-road from kalam to ushu was partially open i.e. closed at ushu jungle
security situation was v.good, checkpoints everywhere plus swati people are friendly and generally nice to tourists
i will ask my friend to upload pics but cant guarantee
thanks everyone for sharing