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Grinder and Coola Enter Lower Pond Habitat 2019 Today marked one of the earliest annual openings of our Grizzly Bear Lower Pond Habitat.  With the amount of snowfall here on Grouse Mountain we have to take down Grinder and Coola's complete 5.5 acre summer habitat each year.  In the spring, we need to remove the snow and re-set it up in stages.  The Lower Pond side is the last stage and now the

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October 11 Marks First Official Snowfall Of The 2017/18 Season  Overnight snowfall blankets the upper slopes of Grouse Mountain When Grouse Mountain operations staff arrived at work this morning, they were greeted with snow! Overnight Grouse Mountain received its first snowfall of the 2017/18 season on the Mountain's upper slopes."This is the early going, and freezing levels are moving around a

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with the Hummingbird Monitoring Network out of Arizona to provide data on what species and numbers are using our mountain top to feed and breed.We've had some fantastic data over the years including recaptures from other areas of British Columbia where other banding stations are monitoring birds.  We've also recaptured a bird that had been previously banded 8 years earlier - adding to our longevity

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.   At night in the late fall and early winter it is common to hear Great-horned Owls (Bubo virginianus) calling in the woods on Grouse Mountain. These forest dwelling owls are one of the earliest-of-the-year breeding avian species. They will mate early and often by February the chicks are hatching. Their call has a distinctive pattern sounding like "who's-awake-me-too" - in hoots of course! The

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DANCER AND VIXEN ARRIVE AT GROUSE MOUNTAIN what to our wondering eyes should appear but two of Santa's Reindeer! Early this past Saturday morning we discovered that Dancer and Vixen had arrived on the mountaintop for the holiday season.Dancer and Vixen are joining us as official ambassadors of Santa's Reindeer program and will be on hand throughout our Peak of Christmas event to greet visitors

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Grouse Mountain Grizzlies Awake from Hibernation Grinder and Coola complete 18th winter dormancy period at the Peak of Vancouver (North Vancouver) Cheers and applause greeted Grouse Mountain’s two resident Grizzly bears, Grinder and Coola, as they eagerly emerged from hibernation earlier this morning at the Peak of Vancouver. This concludes the bears’ 18th hibernation period at the Grouse

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late June and even early July.So our hives stayed at the base of the mountain where they have a plethora of food options ranging from wild blackberry flowers to the cultivated gardens of the inhabitants of Capilano Road and surrounding neighborhoods.  The bees did really well and we're happy to announce that we've extracted a honey surplus this year and bottled it for use in our restaurants.  When

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Cold One – taking in a mountaintop of activities will certainly earn you a frosty treat. Dad can enjoy a nice cold beer or a hand scooped ice cream cone on the new Paradise Patio. Located adjacent to the World Famous Lumberjack Show on the plateau, it’s a great pit-stop while you enjoy a day on the Mountain. E-Mountain Bike Tour – Give one of the North Shore’s favourite activities a try with a Scenic

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Grouse Mountain Seasonal Closure - November 1-10, 2018 UPDATE: Grouse Mountain will now re-open on November 11 (rather than the originally communicated November 12), as seasonal maintenance work has been completed early. Grouse Mountain is introducing a new seasonal closure that will take place annually as the Mountain transitions between its summer and winter operations. For 2018, from November

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short as just down into the USA or as far as South America.  These birds spend the winter months molting their feathers, feeding up and preparing to come back north for breeding season.Right now on Grouse Mountain we are starting to see the return of many migrants.  Some of the earliest ones are the American Robin - this chirpy bird appears in the early spring and starts looking for good nesting

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