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This was the moment a herd of mountain goats managed to escape a huge avalanche hurtling towards them.

A few of the pack appeared to get lost in the snow, but most of the animals made it out alive.

The beasts appear as small dark dots against the giant wall of snow at the start of the video, and seem confused at the sudden movement above them.

A few immediately begin scampering downhill while a small pack gather together, clearly unsure what to do with themselves.

That group are soon lost in the snow drift but the others, finally aware of what's happening, run at break-neck speed to get away.

The whole ordeal was captured on camera by onlookers at the nearby Roc de la Peche refuge.

As the camera zooms back out of the mountain in the Rhône Alpes, France, it shows the four speed demons catch up with other goats which had obviously escaped earlier.