A group of tourists trekking in Kyrgyzstan's Tian Shan mountains on Friday survived a huge avalanche that swept right over them. Briton Harry Shimmin, a trekker, captured on video the moment snow chipped off a mountain top, before engulfing the group. 🎥 harryshimmin | News18

Tian Shan Mountains in Kyrgyzstan

The snow leopard is a territorial animal that leads a life of solitude in cold and mountainous regions. In the Himalayas, where their habitat is estimated at less than 90,000 km2, the elusive creature can hardly be spotted by trekkers. A clip shared on Twitter by The Wild India and re-shared by Indian Forest Service official, Parveen Kaswan, shows a snow leopard haunting an Shyapu Ladakh Urial along a steep slope near Ullay. The Wild Indian wrote the footage was filmed on March 13. #leopard #wil

Stephan N. about his Tien Shan snow leopard expedition 2017 (w...