Snow Leopard Trek

Snow Leopard Trek is managed by a dedicated team of 25 full-time professional Sherpa mountain adventure and cultural guides, and other field and administrative staff. These team members receive regular training in various aspects of experiences in mountain adventure and cultural tourism, including destination selection, trekking routes, outdoor camp management, eco-trekking, and responding to high altitude sickness and its treatment, along with basic first aid. Ensuring the safety of our porters and high-altitude mountain guides is one of our top priorities in trekking and mountain adventure.

In all our outdoor trekking trips, a strong emphasis is placed on preparing meals with a focus on health, hygiene, and sanitation, etc. All vegetables, fruits, and utensils are carefully treated before preparation and consumption. All water is boiled and filtered to ensure safety.

Snow Leopard Trek Pvt. Ltd. has established a reputable image among diplomatic corps based in Nepal and the South Asian region and among our international clientele who are mostly repeat clients and people who come to us through reference for providing high-quality adventure tours and cultural experiences characterized by reliability and professional excellence. In adventure trekking, we also offer comprehensive services for both camping trekking and Tea House trekking.

Owned and managed by a family of Sherpas with nearly three decades of experience in trekking and mountain climbing, the company is led by Mrs. Yankila Sherpa, an experienced person in the trekking industry. Yankila Sherpa has been associated with the Trekking Agents Association of Nepal (TAAN), the national body of trekking agencies in Nepal, and served as its President from 1996 to 1998, a significant achievement given the male-dominated industry at that time. She currently serves as an advisor to the TAAN executive body.

As a pioneering trekking company in Nepal, Snow Leopard Trek embraces corporate social responsibility, focusing on environmental awareness, promotion of women’s economic empowerment through microenterprises, education, and cultural preservation.

Building Environment Awareness

Nepal’s mountain ecology faces challenges due to population growth, resource demand, and deforestation. Climate change also impacts the livelihood of Himalayan communities. Snow Leopard Trek contributes to ecotourism through several initiatives:

Eco Trekking Workshops: Since 1996, we have conducted regular in-house Eco-Trekking workshops for our staff, covering basic environmental awareness, trail cleanliness, waste separation, and encouraging customers to minimize their carbon footprint. We also train tea house owners on environmental protection. Our Managing Director, Yankila Sherpa, played a key role in the successful running of TAAN’s Echo trekking workshops while she was on the TAAN executive board.

Snow Leopard’s major CSR activity has been through the Trans Himalayan Environment and Livelihood Program (T-HELP) Nepal, which is a non-profit organization where, since 2008, Yankila Sherpa has served as Vice President. Contributing her voluntary services addressing environmental issues and helping improve the livelihoods of poor and marginalized people of rural Nepal has given her the greatest satisfaction to see the improvement in the lives of rural women.

Microenterprise Promotion, some more work related to women's empowerment:

Yankila Sherpa was also one of the 5 women who founded the Federation of Women Entrepreneurs Associations of Nepal (FWEAN) in 2003, and she served as its President in 2006 & 2007, and today she is in its advisory council. FWEAN supports less privileged women by providing skill training, micro-credit, and marketing skills.