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Daily Owl and Bear Talks Now On Owl interpretive sessions held four times daily We're happy to announce that Grouse Mountain has re-opened for business after a Covid-19 shut down.  Please remember to pre-book your skyride times ahead of time at : https://www.grousemountain.com/passholder-skyride-reservationsAs part of our new 2020 initiatives here at Grouse Mountain we are pleased to offer Owl

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Green Season(may-October) Enjoy a walk through our beautiful West Coast forest to a scenic chair ride up the mountain to take in the spectacular view at the Peak of Vancouver! While there, students will tour Eye of the Wind, with stunning 360 degree views of the Lower Mainland and Coastal Mountains! After that it’s off to visit Grinder and Coola, our full grown, adult male Grizzlies, and onto

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as one of the ten best inNorth America and saw 400,000 students through its programs. Innovations in teaching methods aswell as marketingefforts behind theprogram wereall pioneered byJohnsen himself.He commends theincredible camaraderieat the Mountain duringthose years. “It was a realteam effort – everyonepitched in.”After many years of successwith the program, Johnsenultimately sold the Ski

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generations of musicians in her family. She studied at the Vancouver Academy of Music until leaving BC to pursue a post-secondary education at the North Carolina School of the Arts. Graduating first in her university class, Karen was awarded the single highest scholarship awarded by NCSA; the Sarah Graham Kenan Scholarship. After graduation, while performing as Associate Concertmaster of the Spoleto

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are excellent swimmers.  After spending 5 months inside their den hibernating the bears are ready to dunk in the water and wash off the dust.  They also search through the pond to see if any of their favourite rocks or sticks are still around from last year or if some frogs have laid some tasty eggs already.  Coola especially, being a coastal Grizzly Bear is often found in one of their three large

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has existed in its current form since the Grouse Mountain Ski Club and Tyee Ski Runners merged in the 1950s after operating independently of one another since the early 20th century. With a rich, colourful history that is as much about the off-snow escapades as those on it, tales from the early days of the Tyee are the stuff of local legend and lend a certain aura of adventure to Vancouver’s oldest

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Bears begin 20th hibernation period On Tuesday, November 10th, Grinder and Coola entered their 20th Hibernation Period on Grouse Mountain!  Both bears had been growing increasingly sluggish and were spending more and more time inside their den as the weather became cooler and snow started to fall.  They had also completed construction on their winter bed after dragging in lots of Pacific Silver

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currently holding a naming contest to find them the right monikers!  You can visit: https://www.grousemountain.com/owls/owl-ambassador-naming-contest if you have some good naming suggestions for us! Barred Owl This is the new male Barred Owl (Strix varia). He came to Grouse Mountain on April 25th, 2019, from the Northern Spotted Owl Captive Breeding Program in Langley, BC. after being hatched on April

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the best times to do them Let’s break this down into two parts, before skiing and after skiing. Both as important as the other. You want to be just as mobile and ready the next day as you do today. Before Skiing It's easy to make the mistake to stretch before warming up. When muscles aren’t warm (not being used) they are like a cold elastic band, they band will not stretch to its full potential

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Record Setting Day at the 6th Annual Multi-Grouse Grind Challenge Thousands raised for BC Children’s Hospital (North Vancouver) After an inspiring day on the Grouse Grind®, Grouse Mountain is excited to announce that the Multi-Grouse Grind Challenge has raised over $48,000 in support of the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation. A new record was set at this year’s event with Wilfrid Leblanc

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