Have a great time on your hunt,I dont know the area but you should have no prob with finding goats or access to private land,the ranchers love to see the population controlled!Just look for big heards of goats and go to the nearest ranch house and start shaking hands.One thing I would recommend is trying to bring out a different caliber rifle than the 30-30 because it is very likley you will be shooting long distances accross flat terrain.Maybe a 30-06,270,25-06 or larger would be a good choice,a 25-06 is a great flatshooting rifle for goats,they have very thin skin and dont take a whole lot of bullet weight to knock down.

Mtwacko,

I plan to take a lot of 500 yd shots with my .30-30 carbine; it's just that I'll use my legs for the first 250 yds and the bullet for the last 250 yds

Cheers/buffler

LOL sounds like a good plan!Really though you wont regret taking somthing other than your 30-30 for goats,during rifle season they get very shy and you may not get a 250 yard shot thats not moving 60 mph!

I don't know how high you'll really be but generally in the Rockies that time of year you have to plan for everything. 80 degree temps to light snow fall. Since you're hunting goats you probably won't be as high up so I'd say at least plan on hot to rainy chilly weather.