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Grouse Mountain Welcomes All Guests Back to Enjoy Summer Activities
full list of Grouse Mountain’s summer activities, please click here. For more information on Grouse Mountain’s Pure Clean Commitment and the new health and safety protocols in place, please visit www.grousemountain.com/pureclean About Grouse Mountain: Grouse Mountain is the number one visitor attraction in the Lower Mainland, with 1.3 million annual visitors. Known as the Peak of Vancouver, we offer
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Grouse Grind® Mountain Run Hits the Trail September 14th
. For more information and to register, please click here. Event Schedule: Saturday, September 14, 2019 9:45 am – 9:55 am: Race warmup 10:00 am: Event begins at the base of the Grouse Grind® 10:00 am to 2:00 pm: Finish line celebration in the Mountaintop Plaza ~11:30 am: Awards ceremony begins Course details: Length: 3.0 kilometres (1.86 miles) Elevation gain: 853 metres (2,800 feet) Base: 274
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Bears Prepare for Hibernation
Coola weighed in at 1045 lbs and Grinder at 885lbs. This is close to their final winter weights. We have begun providing the bears with lots of Pacific Silver-Fir branches in order to line their sleeping chamber. We've seen them working on it already - Coola tends to do a lot of the work while Grinder likes to supervise and has been known to pull a branch or two out if he doesn't like what he's
https://www.grousemountain.com/posts/bears-prepare-for-hibernation
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First Hummingbird Monitoring Session of 2019
information on hummingbirds.Our sub-alpine environment provides critical data on the importance of migration stop over points and the overall health of the birds that we are seeing at our station. An Interesting trend Our first session on the 13th had us work with 18 hummingbirds of two species. Our traditional mountaintop species is the Rufous Hummingbird - one of the most wide-spread hummingbirds and the
https://www.grousemountain.com/posts/first-hummingbird-monitoring-session-of-2019
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Grouse Mountain Grizzlies Awake from Hibernation
Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife. During their 128-day winter dormancy, wildlife rangers once again monitored Grinder and Coola via an infrared camera placed in their hibernation den and the live feed was shared with the public on the Grouse Mountain website. "It’s always a pleasure to welcome Grinder and Coola out of hibernation and watch them playfully explore their habitat", said Dr. Ken
https://www.grousemountain.com/press_releases/grouse-mountain-grizzlies-awake-from-hibernation
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Symphony Sundays at Grouse Mountain
Symphony Sundays at Grouse Mountain Enjoy music on the mountaintop August 16 & September 6 Enjoy sounds of the symphony on the mountaintop with special performances by members of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Take in the views from our outside Natural Amphitheater as you enjoy the live music.Sunday, September 6th - Sitka String Quartet Set 1: 12:30pm Set 2: 1:30pmbook mountain
https://www.grousemountain.com/news/symphony-sundays-at-grouse-mountain
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Meet Our New Wildlife Ambassadors
these visits a wildlife ambassador meets with them to talk about their specific species and about the plight of certain endangered owl species.We also do talks for our general mountain guests each day where we educate about the owls and about the work being done to save endangered species like the Northern Spotted Owl.Please see below for more info about our two members and some photos. We are
https://www.grousemountain.com/posts/meet-our-new-wildlife-ambassadors
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Grouse Mountain's Seasonal Maintenance Complete
and the Chalet, including restaurants Altitudes Bistro, The Observatory and Lupins, will all be open. Stay tuned for our Skating Pond opening to come, once cooler temperatures settle in. In recognition of Remembrance Day, Monday, November 11th, we’re pleased to offer active, reserve and retired Canadian Military personnel as well as Cadets complimentary Mountain Admission with the presentation of
https://www.grousemountain.com/news/grouse-mountain-reopening-saturday-november-9
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Bears Continue Their Winter Dormancy
Winter dormancy 2018/19 continues Just an update on Grinder and Coola's 2018/2019 dormancy period - all is going well and the boys continue to sleep most of the cold and snowy days away.We do see them get up from time to time on their infrared camera (see screen capture below!) as they stretch their muscles and check conditions outside of their sleeping chamber.What Grinder and Coola are going
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Grouse Grind® Mountain Run Presented by VPG Realty Returns September 15th
Lower Mainland, with 1.3 million annual visitors. Known as the Peak of Vancouver, we offer unparalleled panoramic views of the City, sea and surrounding mountains along with a wide range of year-round outdoor and educational activities, dining and more. For more information, please visit grousemountain.com.