Giant areas of Whistler Blackcomb will keep closed once more on Monday after extra cougar encounters over the weekend.
The newest sightings have been reported Sunday morning on the Blackcomb facet of the Whistler Mountain Bike Park.
Whistler Blackcomb says the Ascent Path, Blackcomb bike trails, and each the Creekside and Garbanzo Zones will keep closed Monday.
A younger household tells International Information they have been on a path simply earlier than midday when a lady received caught with a cougar above her and one other beneath.
The household says the lady banged her climbing poles collectively to scare the large cats off earlier than they arrived.
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“My dad had pepper spray on him,” explains 11-year-old Carter.
“And he’s like, ‘yeah it’s a cougar’ and he simply stored screaming ‘it’s a cougar, it’s a cougar.’”
Carter and his dad and mom then took the Gondola the remainder of the best way down.
Conservation officers say they haven’t discovered the cougars but however stress the precedence is public security.
“We’re nonetheless up on the mountain investigating these incidents and we have now plenty of conservation officers within the space,” says Sgt. Chris Boyle with the BC Conservation Officer Service.
“In each situations nobody was injured nonetheless the cougars did get fairly near the bikers and in a single case, the cougar chased the biker for about 300 metres,” he added.
Officers say the animals should not candidates for relocation since they’re already in a wild space, they hope the large cats will go away on their very own, including these incidents are believed to be associated.
“We had some encounters at Rubble Creek a few weeks in the past in Garibaldi Park after which once more on Whistler Mountain a few days in the past, and now on Blackcomb mountain, Boyle explains.
“So, it’s a sequence of occasions related in nature, which is sort of uncommon.”
Officers say if the cougars stay within the space and threaten the security of individuals, they might be destroyed.
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