Search for cougars continues at Whistler Blackcomb, area closures remain in effect
Global News
Area closures include the Creekside and Garbanzo Zones of the Whistler Mountain Bike Park and the Ascent Trail on Blackcomb Mountain.
Multiple area closures remain in effect at Whistler Blackcomb as conservation officers search for two cougars they say could be a risk to public safety.
Members of the B.C. Conservation Officer Service (BCCOS) were back on the ground with rifles and dogs searching, in part, near staff accommodations on Blackcomb Mountain.
“It’s kind of eerie feeling,” staff member Li Grossi told Global News.
“We just wanted to walk up the hill to get home, and we were stopped, like you have to take the bus, you can’t go up.”
Area closures include the Creekside and Garbanzo Zones of the Whistler Mountain Bike Park and the Ascent Trail on Blackcomb Mountain.
The Blackcomb biking trails and Kadenwood area in Creekside are also closed until further notice.
Two separate mountain bikers spotted the cougars in the bike zones Friday evening, one of whom was chased for an estimated 300 metres.
Hikers later spotted the cougars on Sunday morning in the Ascent area.
