{"id":487844,"date":"2026-02-20T14:50:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/487844\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T14:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:50:12","slug":"mama-bear-cubs-charge-across-busy-trail-at-major-california-ski-resort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/487844\/","title":{"rendered":"Mama Bear &#038; Cubs Charge Across Busy Trail At Major California Ski Resort"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ski resorts around Lake Tahoe in California have seen some incredible snowfall totals over the past several days, with some resorts receiving feet of snow in just 24 hours. The weather is bringing out a lot of skiers and snowboarders hoping to take advantage of the powder, but it isn\u2019t just waking up the recreators. On Wednesday, February 18th, a mother black bear and 2 cubs were spotted running across a rather busy trail at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarcalifornia.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Northstar Resort<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Several people skied far too close to the animals, rather than giving them the space they deserve. Fortunately it seems that the bears were able to return to the woods without further incident and nobody was charged or attacked, but it should still be understood that this is not the way to behave in such an incident. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the bear has seen you and is surprised or curious, DO NOT RUN.\u00a0 Don\u2019t act aggressively. \u00a0Show the bear you mean no harm by talking softly and calmly.\u00a0 Back away slowly while facing the bear and alter route.\u00a0 If a bear approaches you, stand your ground and try to make yourself appear larger by raising your arms above your head or if wearing a jacket opening it wide.\u00a0 Black bear attacks are very rare, but if attacked, fight back.\u201d \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tahoebears.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Keep Tahoe Bears Wild<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Black bears do slow down and den up over the winter, sometimes going months without eating or drinking, but they don\u2019t necessarily experience hibernation in the <a href=\"https:\/\/bear.org\/bear-facts\/do-black-bears-hibernate\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">same manner as other animals<\/a>. In the Lake Tahoe area specifically, some bears will still continue to seek out food sources and <a href=\"https:\/\/wildlife.ca.gov\/Conservation\/Mammals\/Black-Bear\/Blog\/winter-hibernation\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">stay active<\/a> throughout the winter months.<\/p>\n<p>If you encounter black bears in the wild, give them plenty of space. Never approach bears or cubs, and never impose for the sake of sightseeing or photo taking. Always ensure that the animals have an escape route.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/unofficialnetworks.com\/author\/nolandeck\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" data-lazy- class=\"avatar avatar-80 photo\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/7adcbfdd20a18b7a995fa209e64c14e13cfc5ab48592ec10d35c93495ea842ca.png\"\/>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tNolan Deck is a writer for Unofficial Networks, covering skiing and outdoor adventure. After growing up and skiing in Maine, he moved to the Denver area for college where he continues to live and work&#8230;\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/unofficialnetworks.com\/author\/nolandeck\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tMore by Nolan Deck\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The ski resorts around Lake Tahoe in California have seen some incredible snowfall totals over the past several&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":487845,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[49,48,66,323],"class_list":["post-487844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/487845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}