Mountain goats greet us as we hike up Gunsight Pass. We hug the inside ledge of the trail to allow them to parade downward as their white coats contrast ribbons of colour geologically etched into the pass's opposing side. The afternoon sun illuminates the encounter as waterfalls plummet towards the lake below. My father sits for a picture to try and show how close the goats had walked to us, although the panoramic perspective of this photograph seems to exaggerate the length of the trail width.
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