Snow Lakes

Perfect day for this beautiful hike. Flowers blooming, sunshine. About 2 miles up we ran saw a very aggressive mountain goat above the trail to the left. He bluff charged us twice before really taking off after a member of our group who thought he needed some pictures. We high-tailed it down about a 1/4 mile thinking our hike was over. While warning another group of hikers going up, we decided to try it again (much safer now with the others). When we got to the spot where we'd seen him, he was gone. Across the river we spotted what we thought was the ram that had charged us. We headed further up considering the threat was now gone. About 2 more miles we had our lunch and started down. When we reached that spot, the goat was standing on the same rock. This time we didn't make eye contact and kept moving. The photographer in our group was once again got sucked in to the evil goat trap and, once again, the goat chased him down. Although we'd read the signs about the goats, I have to say that throwing rocks never occurred to us! The screaming mob tactic must've worked though because we didn't see him again. We'd heard other hikers having similar experiences today. Definitely one of my top 10 favorite hikes! Although we're giggling now, this could have ended much differently. Be careful.... I am convinced this goat won't be happy until he sends a hiker tumbling off the steep cliff.