Hiked the Ptarmigan Ridge trail to Camp Kaiser in beautiful weather; just enough clouds to keep it from being unbearably hot. We've hiked this trail many times and have never seen it this snowfree this early- looks like September out there. The flowers are a little early, but not as advanced out towards Camp Kaiser as we thought they might be. We had the wonderful experience, wandering the ridge from below Coleman Pinnacle towards Lasiocarpa Ridge, of coming upon a herd of about 30 goats. They held still long enough for us to shoot a few photos before running off. We saw them again later on the hike back but not as close. There is a small fire burning in the lower Swift Creek drainage so there was a smell of smoke and some haze in the air- probably not as bad as east of the crest!
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