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A Flurry of Winter Activity A FLURRY OF WINTER ACTIVITIES TO BRIGHTEN THE POST CHRISTMAS DOLDRUMS December 21ST, 2007. North Vancouver, BC- With the kids out of school and after the big day comes and goes, Grouse Mountain offers more than just the best skiing and riding on the North Shore. Sleigh rides, mountain top ice skating, and even a Sno-Limo for adventure seekers who have not yet

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Y2Play Is 80% Sold It’s not an April Fool’s Day joke – Y2Play is 80% sold. Time is running out to purchase or renew your Y2Play pass to enjoy skiing and riding for the remainder of this season and all of next season. Grouse Mountain has amazing snow conditions so that you can enjoy Y2Play well into spring. Grouse Mountain has the longest snow season on the North Shore – there’s loads of

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are all unique individuals who — while having different stories for frequenting the Grind — all share the same passion for the outdoors and Grouse Mountain. They were each outfitted, head-to-toe, in brand new Columbia Sportswear gear and will be able to put it to the test through a year of frequent abuse on the Grind!Over the next week we will be introducing you to all ten Ambassadors. Here are the

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Bears Enter Hyperphagia Each fall, when the weather cools and the days grow shorter, grizzly bears enter a state known as hyperphagia.  During this period, the bears bulk up as much as possible for the coming winter.  Grinder and Coola are no exception to this and have begun to prepare for a cold, snowy winter.Over the last couple weeks we have seen an increase in the bears appetite coupled with

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Building High Performance Teams It’s all fun and games! Learning by doing – it is at the heart and foundation of Team Development training or Corporate Adventure Training. Experiential Learning is powerful for a number of reasons. Creates meaning from experience… it’s about creating that ‘a-ha’ moment. Is fostered in a risk free environment that allows people to be creative, innovative and

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Jingle Grouse, Jingle Grouse Tweet your take on the classic Christmas song, Jingle Bells and win... Updated LyricsRiding through the snowOn a Peak of Christmas SleighPast the reindeer we did goSpotting Ski Wees on Greenway!Scale the snowshoe GrindRavens Flying ByChalet to unwindAn adventure we did find!...will the next line be yours?What's this all about?For the next twelve days we are going to

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Grinder and Coola Enter Their Lower Pond Habitat Today marked the first day that Grinder and Coola, our two resident Grizzly Bears at the Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife, entered their Lower Pond Habitat in 2015.  This is also the earliest ever in the springtime that they have had access to their entire 5.5 Acre Summer Habitat.  Each year we have to take the fencing down when the

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long standing member of the Hummingbird Monitoring Network out of Arizona.  The Network stations all follow the same banding and monitoring protocols so that data from over 30 stations across Western North American can be collated and compared.  Overall it unfortunately appears that hummingbird numbers are slowly decreasing due to habitat loss and the loss of stopover migration sites.  Studies like

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, World Champions, National Champions and World record holders attending. Stepping up to the line for his first ever snowshoe race in North America is six-time Mountain Running World Champion and two-time Olympian Jonathan Wyatt.“I have been part of the Olympics both as an athlete and as a spectator,” says Wyatt. “I know how important it is to try and get snowshoe racing into Olympic competition - just

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hustle and grind. When I'm drinking too many beers or packing away too many sweets over a weekend, I’ll force myself to work that much harder the following week. It's important to always be thinking about the next goal, even if it’s as short term as looking forward to the feeling after 30-minute workout or a quick 5 km run. When you’re really not feeling into it after a long day at work think back to

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