Chamois are made for steep places. Their hooves have a soft rubber-like pad in the middle and a hard rim around the edge, so they can grip rocks the way a climbing shoe does. They can sprint across a near-vertical cliff that would terrify most humans.
Chamois are amazing jumpers. They can leap 2 metres straight up in the air and almost 6 metres across - about the length of a small car. They use these jumps to escape from predators like wolves, lynx and golden eagles.
In winter, chamois grow a thick dark-brown coat to keep warm in the snow. In summer, they swap it for a lighter, sandy-brown one that helps them blend in with the mountain rocks. The coat change is a bit like changing your jumper for a t-shirt when the weather warms up.
Chamois live in groups led by the females - mums, sisters and their kids (yes, baby chamois really are called 'kids'). The males usually live by themselves for most of the year. Newborn kids can stand up within minutes of being born and follow their mum across the cliffs by the next day.