12 miles of hiking • 3750' elevation gain •
I went looking for goats, and Goat Island Mountain didn't disappoint. The trail itself was partly an easy stroll through the woods, then a knee-killing hike up a dry creek, and finally a bushwhack onto a high ridge in the shadow of Mt. Rainier. Best of all, I had the whole mountain to myself. Just me and the goats, anyway.
