Video: Alpine goats filmed walking on near vertical dam Footage from the dam in the Gran Paradiso National Park in Northern Italy shows the Alpine ibexes about half way down the rocky wall. The goats appear to easily walk along the bricks of the wall despite the fact that it is a near vertical face. The animals reportedly take on the dangerous expedition down the dam to lick the rocks for their salts and minerals. The Alpine ibex lives in steep and rocky terrain in the Alps at altitudes of up to 1500ft.