A fresh dispatch from John Tschopp:

Pemberton Wildlife Association member Trevor Ross placed his trail camera into the cliffs of Mt. Pauline. These are some of the outstanding pictures of the Mountain Goats, that spend the winter in these vertical bluffs

I turned to wikipedia to learn a little more and discovered:

• they’re not actually goats, but belong to the same order as antelope, gazelles and cattle,
• they’re only found in North America, hence the Oreamnos americanus
• the genus name Oreamnos is derived from the Greek term oros (stem ore-) “mountain” (or, alternatively, oreas “mountain nymph”) and the word amnos “lamb”,
• their horns contain growth rings,
• their coats allow them to withstand winter temperatures as low as −46 °C and winds of up to 160 km/h,
• their feet are suited for climbing steep, rocky slopes with pitches over 60° – the inner pads provide traction and cloven hooves can spread apart. The tips of their feet have sharp dewclaws that keep them from slipping,
• they are the largest mammals to be found in their high alpine habitats.