Goat Mountain — Saturday, Apr. 27, 2019

The access road is drivable to the trailhead (with the usual ruts and potholes). Looks like two blow-downs (at 0.9 and 1.4 miles) were recently cleared. It was 34 degrees and snowing in the morning. I was the only car in the lot. No obstacles on the trail until the snow cover at 4000 feet. Lots of run-off along the way. I followed some faint tracks along a bushwhacking route until they stopped at a rocky ridge. Nice snow shower while I was up there. Had snowshoes but didn't wear them; there's a dusting of fresh pellet snow on top and a mostly hard icy crust underneath. Thought I saw a black squirrel; didn't know we had those around here.