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Grouse mountain hosts bird festival day activities Join us this Monday, August 20th as Grouse Mountain celebrates the 1st annual Vancouver Bird Festival!  We will have a display up in our plaza near the chalet and special guest appearances by our Owl Mascot and our Wildlife Ambassador Barn Owl Cleo!  Cleo will be out for educational talks at 10:45am, 1pm and 3pm on Monday.  Looking to learn a

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Grinder and coola enter their lower pond habitat happy to explore For the first time in 2018, Grinder and Coola, our two resident Grizzly Bears, were given access into their 2.5 acre Lower Pond Habitat to explore.  Due to some needed repairs, this section of their habitat was closed a bit longer than anticipated.  This delay, however, has allowed the grass a chance to grow quite long and for

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Mason Bee Homes in Pollinator's Garden Recently we had two beautiful native bee boxes donated by Spirit Works Limited, designers of unique First Nations products from the West Coast.These boxes are made from Red and Yellow Cedar (made of salvaged cut-offs from milling operations), and the inside trays, where the Bees live, are made of Spruce or Fir salvaged from construction sites around

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Our Garden is Growing! If you’ve stopped by Altitudes patio recently you may have noticed it’s lined with some fantastic looking veggies. Now in its third year, our vegetable garden continues to develop and include new and delicious herbs, greens and vegetables. Again this summer you can find a variety of kales, Butter lettuce, Swiss chard and herbs like Rosemary, Mint, Oregano and Italian

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5 Fun Facts about Grouse Mountain Education As Grouse Mountain’s Education Coordinator, I have the privilege of coordinating groups, supporting our fantastic education guides, and helping to ensure teachers, supervisors, and students have a safe, fun, and easy day on the Mountain. Growing up in Metro Vancouver, I had the opportunity to participate in a Grouse Mountain field trip when I was 11

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Baby black-tailed deer appearing on mountain Look but don't touch please!  Over the last couple weeks we've been seeing baby Black-tailed Deer starting to appear on Grouse Mountain.  We have a healthy population of these deer, who are a sub-species of Mule Deer, and each spring the females can be seen roaming the mountain with their newborns.  For the first few days or week of life, the young

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Aerial Ropes Adventure Coming to Grouse Mountain this August Guests are invited to clip-in, suspend and discover the mountaintop forest environment Grouse Mountain is excited to announce a new addition to our adventure activities -- a mountaintop aerial ropes course. An adventure that is both fun and challenging, aerial ropes will take guests to new heights. Exploring the Mountain’s forest from

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Grind10 2018 Winners and Results Congratulations to all the participants of our 3rd annual Grind10 Challenge! We were thrilled to see you all taking on the challenge and supporting BC Children’s Hospital. In total, participants completed almost 800 Grinds over 15 days and together raised almost $9,000 – amazing job! Those of you that completed all 10 Grinds were entered into a random draw to win

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first hummingbird monitoring session of 2018 Today we held our first hummingbird monitoring and banding session at the Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife.  It was an amazing early season session with 22 birds caught, recorded and released!  We had six recaptures with two birds from 2017, three birds from 2016 and one bird from 2015.  Overall the birds showed signs of good health

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Sam Mulligan and Stirling Hart Recognized For Their Athletic Accomplishments Proud moments for Grouse Mountain alumni Great news! Two accomplished athletes, who are part of the Grouse Mountain family, recently took their sporting fame to the next level. Alpine Canada announced its nominations for the Canadian Ski Teams for the 2018-19 season in the middle of May, and former Grouse Mountain Tyee

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