Experience
Mountain Ghosts of Spiti
Panthera uncia
Hemis, Spiti, and the high cold deserts of the trans-Himalaya.
High-altitude desert at 4200 metres. Frozen valleys, prayer flags, and the discipline of scanning a ridge face for hours through a spotting scope.
The snow leopard anchors an entire trans-Himalayan food web — blue sheep, ibex, wolf, lynx and Pallas's cat share its valleys.
The Species, The Wild Around It
One animal, the whole system behind it
The snow leopard is the apex predator of the trans-Himalaya — a 60-kilogram cat that lives at altitudes where humans can barely breathe.
To track a snow leopard is to enter a landscape where blue sheep, ibex, urial, Tibetan wolf, lynx, and Pallas's cat all share the same alpine valleys.
Where We Travel
Read the landscape
Hemis National Park in Ladakh, the Spiti Valley in Himachal, and select valleys in Uttarakhand. Winter — January to March — is sighting season.
Hemis. The classic spotting valley; scopes from the ridge.
Species Intelligence
Mountain in numbers
Honest data from forest-department logs and our own field records. We do not promise sightings — we tell you exactly what the probability is, and which months it collapses.
With Whom We Travel
They lead. We follow.
Snow Leopard Conservancy India Trust, local homestay families who serve as our hosts and spotters, and the legendary mountain guides of Ulley.
Meet Kibber Homestay Collective →From The Field
Field notebook
Selected entries from our logs — what was seen, what was waited for, who logged it. Shared with every guest before they arrive.
Chhering's scope. 4,400m. A female working a chukar across a rock face. We watched for 47 minutes — she came down 80 metres in that time. We never moved.
More notes from the field, in your inbox — dispatches like these when there’s a story worth seeing.
Where The Share Goes
Audited. Not branded.
A defined share of every onevaasā experience returns to a published, named, audited fund. This is the program-wide ledger for the last financial year.
Experience Formats
How this one is offered
Expedition
AvailablePrivate only — winter is intense; small groups are essential.
Excursion
Not offeredNot offered — altitude and cold are unforgiving.
Exploration
AvailableInvite-only research expeditions.
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Plan a Snow Leopard experience
Six days minimum. We do not offer shorter trips.