[familyop]

I have a sincere question for you. Which breed of goat would have the best chance of survival in six or seven months of winter with temps colder than twenty below and winds commonly over 80 mph? ...looking for goats of a tougher kind to clean up some very high pasture (over 9,000 feet) with snow drifts often over four feet (eight feet one recent winter). They would have a long shed with straw litter for getting out of the wind, and that’s about it (and two layers of snow fence just to the west of the shed).

[Salamander]

Try mountain goats.

[goat granny]

Here in Michigan we get some nasty zero weather,lots of snow and winds but the goats wouldn't leave the barn if there was no pasture...They don't like snow or rain either...I think they instinctively know with all the hair they carry, getting wet would make them easy prey in the wild...The large males can carry up to 40 pounds of hair and they get sheared twice a year...The average hair weight is 15 to 20 pounds male and 7-12 pounds female, sheared twice a year, add water to that much hair and it can drag down the escape from a predator. Your best bet is to google goats, several different breeds take to mountains and nasty weather, but I only know about my Angoras.

You definately don't want angora's they eat a lot but also need a lot of care that other breeds don't need.

PS they originate from Turkey...