Probably the coolest backcountry ski wildlife encounter ever captured on film.  American guide, David Marchi, and a group of backcountry skiers in Gulmarg, Kashmir came within feet of a snow leopard in its natural habitat. If this wasn’t on video I’m not sure I would have believed them?

Filmed by Owen Lansbury.

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