Excessive Cuteness up at Mount Evans

Yup. I'm talking about pikas. Here's the young ridiculously cute one:

It's this last one that just pushes the pika into

cuteness overload, I think. I mean

LOOK at those paws, for pete's sake.

Moving on, the baby ptarmigans:

and the Mountain Goats:

I can't think of too many creatures that seem sweeter.

The view from up top:

This means of course, I need a new goal; For thirteen years

my Colorado goal was to see a Black Bear and Mountain

Goats. Mission accomplished. Brad is thinking Wolverine, I was

pondering Lynx. I think I'll have to consider it for a bit more.

A LOT more photos from Mount Evans: