Mountain Goats, Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area, Juneau, Alaska…Image # 2902

As the winter progresses in the Juneau area, the snow keeps getting deeper and deeper in the high mountains and mountain goats start moving down to lower elevations. I photographed this nanny goat and kid on the, what the locals refer to as, the Rock Peninsula jutting out into Mendenhall Lake. The Mendenhall Glacier parking lot is just 10 minutes from my office. I walked across the frozen lake in twenty minutes and started photographing wild goats within half an hour of leaving my office. How great is that? This is one of the reasons I live in Juneau: the incredible access to wild places. This photo illustrates the month of December in my 2015 Juneau Alaska Calendar. Thank you for visiting. Camera: Nikon D800, Lens: Nikkor 500mm f/4,  Digital Capture – Copyright Mark Kelley