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Bears Move Into Their Upper Pond Summer Habitat expansion Today we opened up the bears' larger Upper Pond section of their summer habitat.  This marks about half of their summer territory here at Grouse Mountain.Grinder and Coola came out of hibernation on May 3rd and have spent the last couple weeks in their hibernation habitat while we excavated their habitat from the snow and set it up for

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Happy holidays from the grouse mountain wildlife team Happy Holidays from all of us in the Wildlife Team here at the Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife!  As a final blog of the year, we wanted to share a few wildlife photos and a few thoughts from 2023.  2023 was a great year for Grinder and Coola, our two Grizzly Bears, who celebrated their 22nd Bear-thday this summer (though their

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Celebrate the Holidays at Grouse Mountain's Peak of Christmas A magical story awaits at Vancouver’s North Pole (North Vancouver) A magical story awaits when Grouse Mountain Resort’s annual Peak of Christmas celebration returns Friday November 25th to January 2nd, 2023.The perfect holiday backdrop, guests of all ages will be transported to a winter wonderland, complete with snow, Santa and his

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new 24 hour bear camera time laps feature Grinder and Coola, our two resident Grizzly Bears, continue to sleep away during their 2022/2023 winter dormancy period (aka Hibernation).  This doesn't mean, however, that they are simply remaining in one spot for the entire time.  Wish you could see what their entire day looks like?  Well we have an exciting new time lapse feature on the bear camera

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to contact Guest Services at (604) 980-9311 or guestservices@grousemountain.com. Where to Meet Please be at the Snow School Meeting Place, located just outside the doors of the Outpost Rental Shop, 15 minutes prior to the session start time in preparation for meeting the instructor. Any rental equipment should be collected prior to the start of the lesson. What to Wear & Bring Helmets are

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grinder and coola Learn more about Grinder and Coola, the two orphaned grizzly bears at Grouse Mountain's Refuge for Endangered Wildlife. When you visit Grouse Mountain in the summer months, be sure to check out our daily Ranger Talks. Did you know... When grizzly bear cubs are born they only weigh approximately 0.9 kg (2 lbs) and full-grown grizzly bears usually weigh between 270 and 360 kg (600

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Grizzly Lookout to watch Grinder and Coola enjoy their breakfast as you learn about bear conservation from our team of wildlife experts. Event Dates •July 4-6, 11-13, 18-20, 25-27 •August 2-3, 8-10, 15-17, 22-24, 29-31 Event Times •8:00am – 10:30am •Meet at the Base Plaza for 7:45am To learn more or book your visit, go to www.grousemountain.com/bears

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Bears Preparing For Winter Grinder and Coola have had a lazy end to the summer with some lingering warmth right into October!  But even during these warm weeks we've been holding in the back of our minds that winter is indeed coming.  About mid-September the bears also entered hyperphagia - a state of constant eating.  So far they have added on nearly 200 pounds to their summer weights!  They

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Happy Halloween - Grizzly Bear Style! bears vs pumpkins Just before we closed for our annual maintenance shut-down we had the opportunity to give two carved pumpkins, stuffed with yummy treats, to Grinder and Coola, our resident Grizzly Bears.We knew these wouldn't last long as the bears quickly found where we had placed them.  Grinder was the first to choose but as he took his pumpkin to move

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Frozen watermelon treats to beat the heat Bears stay cool We often get asked how Grinder and Coola stay cool and beat the heat during our hot summer days and there are a couple of ways they do so!One is by doing lots of swimming in our ponds!  The other is by chowing down on some tasty icy treats provided by our wildlife caretakers.Just the other day they had a fun frozen watermelon encounter

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