EVERGREEN — Emma Johnson had a choice this past Sunday. Birthday party or trail run? “I’m a mountain goat,” the 2-year-old told her mother, Courtney. So Emma was one of the youngest of about 160 kids ...

For the ninth summer, Frisco is hosting its Mountain Goat Kids Trail Running Series at the Frisco Adventure Park. Kids may choose from three distances over the course of the four-race series, ranging ...

Goats can become very tolerant of people and allow a close approach. Despite their tolerance, keep a safe distance (half a football field); goats can be aggressive if they think they need to defend ...

Olympic National Park wildlife biologist Patti Happe this week will assist in a necropsy of a goat that killed a hiker, as part of the investigation into what happened Saturday. The necropsy will ...

SALT LAKE CITY — On a recent hike to the top of Mount Timpanogos, our group of four encountered mountain goats and their young several times along the trail. We were careful not to get too close or ...

ASPEN – One of the great things about working at The Aspen Times is the diversity of assignments and the opportunities to work outdoors every now and then. I hiked into Minnehaha Gulch on Monday to ...

WELLINGTON. — This railroad town wasn’t much to begin with and now no longer exists. Too many ghosts. All you’ll find at the town site just west of Stevens Pass in Washington’s Cascade Range are a ...

The scenic Washington portion of the Pacific Crest Trail is detailed in the first installment of new guidebook series covering the West’s iconic trail stretching from Mexico to Canada. “Hiking the ...

A friend of the Port Angeles man fatally injured by a mountain goat in Olympic National Park on Saturday says the animal that killed Robert Boardman was “a rogue goat that someone should have done ...