Mountain goats are striking and elusive ungulates, perfectly adapted to some of the most rugged, high-elevation terrain in ...

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Spotting a mountain goat high on the cliffs is one of the highlights of a visit to Glacier National Park. The park has the largest population of mountain goats in the lower 48 states. Mountain goats ...

In the most recent encounter, a nanny defended its kid from an off-leash dog. Officials are warning hikers at a popular camping and recreation area north of Provo, Utah to keep their pets on leashes ...

This story, “Mountain Goat with a Handgun,” appeared in the June 1957 issue of Outdoor Life. I WAS WORKING my way around the last perpendicular cliff below camp when the wind and rain hit me, covering ...

Imagine hiking for an hour or two through the woods, up twisting switchbacks of a dusty footpath, straining body and mind against mountain slopes, then as the vegetation clears toward the top and a ...

Close up view of an adult male mountain goat in late-winter, near Juneau Icefield, Alaska. In the background, steep avalanche prone slopes are visible. (Photo courtesy of Kevin White) The mountain ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Jared Frasier hiked into the Bridger Mountains with his 8-year-old son on a summer day in 2019.

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Mountain goats aren’t scattered randomly, they cling to the rugged high-peaks of western North America. From Alaska’s coastal ...