Ghost of the Mountains

This wasn't that interesting of a documentary, but I get why they made it. Filming the snow leopards for Born in China was so incredibly difficult and grueling! Perhaps filming the others were too, but give they made a documentary about this particular film crew makes me think their job was the toughest. If you like Disneynature and if you liked Born in China, give this one a watch just to appreciate what went into making that other feature documentary.

In bonus features, Disney film crew boasts how they had 24/7 access to ER care & air transport. This super mother snow leopard WAS a legend to local Mongolians, thus she was tracked, darted & UNNATURALLY COLLARED for THIS film. Those reviews admiring all filmography are NOT informed how Disney film crew caused her death & her twin cubs deaths bc streaming fails to show bonus clips. The film crew boasted they "laughed & ate food for 5 days few feet away" watching her slow death, her 2 nearby teen female cubs shivering & starving to death. The entire snow leopard family's death is entertaining to this horrible film crew.

IF she wasn't darted & filmed, the super mom snow leopard in her PRIME yrs would've raised her 2 cubs- an extraordinary feat, & she herself would remain alive, her incredible genes passed down to populate a near extinct species.

Disney crew caused her death by refusing to aide her after an illegally grazing ram severely injured her during a hunt. That's why she looks pleadingly into the camera lens often at the end. The worthless crap quote of "life's balance being Ying/ yang" is akin to Pinocchio's nose growing 10 feet long. Disney crew justifies their greedy motives & INaction to aide her by stating "it's nature." Is it "nature" to hunt her, dart her & Force a collar on her while she's raising 2 cubs so the crew can easily film her? She entrusted them- a huge gift, & Disney crew betrayed her. All reviews who mention her death due to THIS film have been removed.

I never would watch any film that causes the death a critically endangered creature, esp the lead.. I discovered this AFTER on blue ray bonus features.

Def SKIP this abhorrent profit only purpose film. There are better films of snow leopards filmed with hidden cameras that do not dart them nor Jeopardize their lives, esp when raising young.

Disneynature's international team of filmmakers travel to the mountains of China to find and film the elusive snow leopard on the highest plateau on Earth, while enduring brutal weather and unsettled terrain.

Facing brutal weather and highly unstable terrain, documentary filmmakers head into the mountains of China to find and film the elusive snow leopard on the highest plateau on Earth.

I really like the narrated documentaries, with the stories already ready, however I think those that show the backstage, behind the scenes, the tireless search, the hope and the joy in obtaining success in the images are very valid, it's beautiful, it's cute, it's important, it's exhausting... Without intervening, without disturbing or destroying nature, with the help of the local community, and it was sweet of them helping to capture a baby Yak, beautiful beautiful... The Snow Leopard is beautiful... I didn't know... .S2.

Some viewers complained that there was no mention of Tibet. I am sure that that was a stipulation from the Chinese faction, otherwise you know they would have included the information. You can't just go into China and do whatever you want. There is protocol.

Another complaint people have is that there was minimal footage of the snow leopards. Not surprising! There's a rare leopard somewhere that people have spent decades trying to film, and were ecstatic when they got a couple of still photos at night. And yet, this crew, spending months in extreme conditions, managed to get a good bit of hi-res film of a mother snow leopard and her cubs, basking and playing.

It's not a lot of footage compared to what you'd get if you went to film flamingos in Florida, or monkeys in the rainforest. But for tracking a rare and elusive animal to the ends of the earth, and waiting months to film it, this is quite a coup! I didn't mind that most of the film centered on the crew and the elements; I enjoy people stories. Every moment of being able to see the snow leopards in the wild though ... that was priceless!

This was a very enjoyable documentary for me.. the human experience, the spectacular scenery, and close up views of snow leopards.. I got what I came for!

I love animal docs. This was well edited and put together. I cried.