RE: October Mountain Goat bowhunt pictures.
It doesn't normally snow that early in South East Alaska, but we hit the odd year. Most of the snow at sea level melted that day, but the tops of the mountains probably kept that layer for the winter. With a previous layer of snow, then a wet, heavy layer on top of that, it was really nasty avalanche conditions.
It's very rare for a snowfall to happen that early down there two years in a row, so we are hoping the weather will fare better this October. We want a later season goat though mainly since the hides are so much fuller.