Snow leopard is a big cat living on high altitude mountain range of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Mongolia, Kazakhstan. I got motivation to see snow leopard after hearing stories from Vipulbhai and Catherine who run wildark.

Seeing a snow leopard in the wild was my dream from the day I saw BBC planet earth. At that time, I had no clue that I could also fulfill that dream. After hearing tons of snow leopard expedition stories, me and my friend Bhavya Joshi planned to visit spiti valley in Feb 2020. I will include more details in the upcoming blogs around planning, gears to take and overall challenges associated with the expedition.

As a nature and wildlife enthusiast, I have always enjoyed serene places.Most people are aware about the youngest mountain range in the world - the himalayas. My first visit to the Himalayas was in 2008. It was a trekking trip to the Bhrigu Lake. That was my first formal introduction to the Himalayas and the trakking. At that time, trekking/camping was not as popular as it is today. There were a handful of operators conducting trekking tours and cell phones were rare those days so long treks…