When mountain goat are observed in the course of a field trip or
hike the day may be considered an unqualified success. The
question is often asked, "Where should we go to see the mountain
goat?" No answer could be accurate because the mountain goat
wander widely over the lower slopes of the glaciers, the
intervening rock cleavers, and occasionally down into the sub-
alpine meadows. On two recent hikes into Van Trump Park bands
have been observed on the Van Trump Glacier and the rock slops
and snow fields nearby. On the first occasion forty were
actually counted, and on the second occasion, Tuesday, July 3d
when the band was more scattered, thirty were estimated. Nearly
half the bands were kids. Several older goat were followed by
twins. The young displayed typical goat-kid playfulness,
skipping and sporting about on the snowfields even as domestic
species play about in the meadow or pasture. They are not easily
distinguished when at rest, but when in motion they are more
readily seen, even from a distance, be