Treks to nearby peaks and to a high pass in the Zanskar range between Spiti and Ladakh start from Kibber.

[2] In earlier times, annual trade fairs were held in Kibber and other locations in Spiti.

After passing the Kye Monastery, the road from Kaza climbs steeply up a narrow gorge on the left bank of the Puri Lungpa, a tributary of the Spiti, to reach Kibber.

Child Sex Ratio for the Kibber Khas as per census is 565, lower than the Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

As the men were often traveling on trade to Tibet, Punjab and other parts of India, the women did the agricultural work primarily for subsistence.

[8] When botanist Thomson visited Kibber in September 1847, he found terraced and irrigated fields up to 300 ft (91 m) above the village.

[2] Hugh Whistler, ornithologist, visited Kibber in July 1922 and observed barley and green peas in the fields.

The trek is rated as an "easy ridge walk with scree on the lower slopes" by Indian mountaineer Harish Kapadia.

He attributed this to the extreme aridity of the climate and the protection afforded to the Kibber area by the lofty mountain ranges on all sides.

Aconitum rotundifolium, Arnebia euchroma, Ephedra gerardiana, Gentiana kurroo and Dactylorhiza hatagirea are some threatened but medicinally important plants found in here.

The Forest Department of Himachal Pradesh reported 25-30 snow leopards in the Kibber Wildlife Sanctuary in 2018.

The Himalayan Snow Leopard Research Centre in Kibber village was setup in collaboration with the Nature Conservation Foundation, Mysore with the goal of instituting and encouraging focused short and long-term studies.

In 2021, the Spiti district administration banned such car rallies in Kibber and other areas favoured by snow leopards.

[19] The majority of snow leopards in Himachal were found outside protected areas, indicating that the local people are active in conservation of these big cats.

[7][20] Owing to the sparse vegetation and the extreme winters, fewer birds are found in Spiti compared to the lower Himalayas and the plains of India.

In July 1922, the English police officer and ornithologist Hugh Whistler made a short trip from Lahaul down the upper Spiti River.

[9] Most of the species reported by Whistler were also observed by the American zoologist Walter Koelz during his trip down the Spiti river in September 1933.

The most frequently seen species: yellow-billed or alpine chough and red-billed chough; snow finches, mountain finches; house sparrow and russet sparrow; black redstart and white-capped redstart; snow pigeon and hill pigeon; horned lark; Himalayan griffon.

After passing Losar and Hanle, NH-505 crosses a bridge from the left bank of the Spiti River 3 km (1.9 mi) after Kialto village.

Just before the bridge, a minor road continues on the left bank to reach Kibber after a distance of 23 km (14 mi).