Last Friday...Mt Goat on Snoqualmie pass summit, north side of road...

[saylean]

Anyone else see that Mt. Goat on the north side of the road, just before the summit of Snoqualmie pass (your left hand side if you were headed east)? I have never seen goats up there before, but as I was stuck in traffic, I was gazin at the cliff and right by a small water fall, sure enough a mt. goat. Got to watch him for about 30 seconds or so....just curios if anyone else caught a glimpse of him.

[CAMPMEAT]

Was it near Sparkplug Mtn? I think that's near the Tinkham exit.

[Scottystyle]

Theres lots of goats in there.... Dunno why theres not a permit for the area... Perhaps to keep the Granola people happy 

[saylean]

Not by Tinkham...even further....just before reaching the ski area....Ya, im surprisd there isnt a permit for Mazama too....

[luvtohnt]

I have seen him in the past but never gave it much thought as to how many there are up there. I have also seen them around Pete Lake in the Alpine wilderness.

Brandon

[link]

I have seen them several times right where you're talking about. On holiday weekends when the traffic is so bad, it gives you a chance to actually look at the hills for them.  I've even seen them just outside of Northbend right before exit 38 50 yds off the freeway.

[saylean]

Huh...right on...as much time as I have spent up there, I have always been surprised that I have not seen them....even though I was never sure if they were up there...it just looked like goat territory.  I will have to keep an extra eye out...I love lookin at those tanks.

[MtnMuley]

.Ya, im surprisd there isnt a permit for Mazama too....

Population has been declining there for too many years.  I've heard some pretty reliable sources talk about how the eagles knock the young off the cliffs.  Other than the big cats, I can't see why they aren't doing better there and in the Chopaka area.

[jackelope]

I've also seen them above Rattlesnake Lake on the ledge and on the faces there on Mt Si.
I suspect this is no surprise...

[bigtex]

If I remember correctly in order for a hunt/permit season there needs to be a sustainable population of atleast 100 goats in the area.

Many years ago there was a hunt on Mt Si but due to many hunters getting stuck and having to be rescued off the mountain the hunt no longer occurs. There may not even be enough goats on Si anymore as it is, but when they did stop the hunt it was due to the safety issue.

[PacificNWhunter]

I've seen them in that area several times, especially near lake melakwa (sp)

[MikeWalking]

I've also seen them on Mt Si.  Nearly got knocked down by one, lol maybe off.  I was trying a different route to scramble up the backside of the Haystack and a young one came sniffing my way.  As it wandered off I tried to coax it over like you would a puppy.. Wrong.  He came bounding over like I had a big treat.  He stopped about 5 feet short. If he had hit me I would have fallen all day, and still be up there somewhere...

[argosinu]

I mostly miss seeing the elk my father pointed out to me on the west side of 90.

[WABONEHNTR]

If I remember correctly in order for a hunt/permit season there needs to be a sustainable population of atleast 100 goats in the area.

Many years ago there was a hunt on Mt Si but due to many hunters getting stuck and having to be rescued off the mountain the hunt no longer occurs. There may not even be enough goats on Si anymore as it is, but when they did stop the hunt it was due to the safety issue.

What year was this season you are talking about? 

[muleyslayer#1]

thats funny i see mountain goat there all the time 2 years back i was hunting off the exit of gold creek and as were going up we were chasing a baby mountain goat. Also apr 14 we were headed up to kettle falls for turkey hunting and just before the rest area after cle elum we saw a big heard of them there was like 30-40 mt. goats.

[bigtex]

If I remember correctly in order for a hunt/permit season there needs to be a sustainable population of atleast 100 goats in the area.

Many years ago there was a hunt on Mt Si but due to many hunters getting stuck and having to be rescued off the mountain the hunt no longer occurs. There may not even be enough goats on Si anymore as it is, but when they did stop the hunt it was due to the safety issue.

What year was this season you are talking about?

It's probably been a good 20/25+ years

[7mdt]

Where you probably saw the goats is closer to the pratt river unit.  WDFW closed the Pratt river unit many years ago due to goats not being harvested.  What it came down to is inexperienced hunters not seeing any goats. The goats are there, but the terrain is very tough to hunt as there are no roads.   The unfortunate part of this is, If we stay on this path were people draw a tag and don't fill it the game department will keep taking more tags away from us. Washington has more goat in this state than any of the other state and the least amout of tags.  Its up to us hunters to tell the game dept. when and how many goats we see. So if you draw a tag, don't take it lightly.  If you need help, there are many guys out there who are happy to help scout.

[muleyslayer#1]

last weekend i saw one right where you saw one and i also saw a nice herd on the way home from elk heights

[Elkrunner]

There are actually quite a few of them that hang out on Mt. Si.

I have seen the with my spotting scope on many occasions.