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Ram on The Highline

RAM ON THE HIGHLINE It was a damp, foggy day on The Highline Trail when we heard heavy foot pounding just ahead of us but could not see what it was. Since I was the only man, in the small hiking party, I took the point and made sure I could reach my pepper spray. Then, silhouetted in the fog, the head of a bighorn ram appeared as I began taking photos. He kept moving toward us as I kept myself between my hiking companions and the sheep. He was a big ram, almost the size of a small donkey! Then he jumped up on the uphill side of the trail and vanished into the fog.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 07.1999
Date Uploaded: 11.2020
Photo Location: East Glacier, Mt, United States of America
Copyright: © Les MacLean