Watch orphaned bear cubs after rescue in Calaveras County
A trio of black bear cubs rescued from the Northern California foothills was taken to a wildlife center in Southern California for treatment. Video provided by the San Diego Humane Society’s Project Wildlife.
A regular at Tahoe’s Heavenly Mountain Resort was just about the best advertisement that the ice rink was open for business.
He’s hairier and heavier than most, and actually a newbie to figure skating, but that didn’t stop Charlie from being the first one on the rink when it opened for the season on Thursday.
Forget skates, the claws are sharpened.
The black bear, affectionally named Charlie by the locals, is a regular at Heavenly, according to the Drue Murin of the Shops at Heavenly Village.
The shops are at the base of the resort on the California-Nevada border, 60 miles south of Reno. It is the largest ski hill in Tahoe with 4,800 acres of terrain.
“He has become somewhat of a local celebrity, often wandering through the village at night or early mornings on a stroll,” Murin said. “I guess he wanted to try it out.”
He stayed on the ice for about 10 minutes, or more than twice the length of time of a typical Olympic long-form routine.
Murin said Charlie is an example of how Tahoe visitors are lucky to share the mountain community with wildlife, but he stressed the resort reminds visitors to enjoy Charlie’s antics from a safe distance. Don’t approach bears with food, or questions about how to land a double Axel.
Heavenly Ski Resort has set an opening date of Nov. 21 for skiing and snowboarding.
