It鈥檚 not every day that you have to ski around bear on the hill! 馃惢
鈥� Jaime Stein (@jaimestein)
A Vancouver man got quite scare on Sunday as he skied between a mother bear and her cubs in Whistler.
鈥淚 was just skiing alone enjoying a nice sunny afternoon鈥� I saw something on the run and thought 鈥極h, there鈥檚 a bear there,鈥欌�� Jamie Stein told Black Press Media Monday.
Stein was on his last run of the day, heading toward the Crystal Ridge Express chairlift, when he saw the animal.
He stopped, figuring he鈥檇 give the bear a chance to cross the run undisturbed and maybe get a video clip for his kids.
鈥淏ut when I started to ski by, I realized it had a really tiny cub with i, so I just tried to stay to one side,鈥� he said.
鈥淭he bear kind of took three or four steps towards me and I thought, 鈥業 don鈥檛 blame it, I would too.鈥欌��
But when Stein stopped downhill of the bear, he realized why it had started to advance.
鈥淭here was a second cub on the other side of the run, so I鈥檇 actually skied between the mama bear and the other cub.鈥�
As a frequent Whistler hiker who鈥檚 seen plenty of black bears in the area, Stein said he wasn鈥檛 too too worried 鈥� only a bit concerned he might fall right in front of the hungry mama bear.
鈥淚 was just like, 鈥楰eep your skis straight, just let it rip,鈥欌�� and took off.
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