The road to the trailhead is one of the nicest FS roads I've ever seen. One or two small potholes that are easily avoided. (Seriously, I've seen worse in the city.)
The trail up to the view point is really nice and well maintained. There were some muddy patches and I slipped on wet wood once, but no major obstacles. We snapped some photos at the knoll with awesome views of Baker and Shuksan before continuing on to the summit.
The trail to the summit from the knoll takes a little finding since there are so many small paths shooting off through the patches of huckleberries (that are absolutely delicious at the moment). Once we got on the right track, it was easy to follow. The exposed face of Goat Mountain is a lot less traveled-- a few small sections were washed out and kind of steep, but still easily manageable. Not too long before we gained the ridgeline (maybe 700-800 feet from the summit) there was a small stream where we stopped to refill our water bottles. The last section straight up the face is steeeeep. From the knoll to the summit is about 1500 elevation is just a little over a mile.
The true summit is a scramble that we didn't do, but looks like a class 3 that adds maybe 40-50 feet elevation. It looks like it would be easier to do early season with more snow and less scree, so we'll be coming back.
Overall my Gaia tracking shows 9.3 miles RT with 4200 elevation gain from car to summit.
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