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Don't Miss Out - Y2Play Categories Selling Out
next season is epic, don’t miss out. Purchase your Y2Play pass before they are gone. Buy Now
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Year Round Birds of Grouse Mountain
females will lay 1-4 eggs each year and after 35 days (average) of incubation the chicks hatch. They will then spend the next 40 days in the nest being fed by the parents before beginning to follow them out for hunting practice. The Great-horned owl is nocturnal and spends all of it's active time during the night. They are fierce predators and often attack prey that outweigh them and are notoriously
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Gear Up For Winter This Weekend
Gear Up For Winter Save up to 50% on top brands Oct. 11-14 Before you take part in Thanksgiving festivities this weekend, jump aboard the Skyride and get ready for winter at Grouse Mountain's annual Gear Sale! From Friday, October 11 to Monday, October 14, gear up for the season and save up to 50% off all big name brands including: Burton, The North Face, Arc'teryx, Quiksilver, Columbia, Oakley
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Santa's Reindeer Spotted on Grouse Mountain
the girls we've had up here before. They have large antlers that they re-grow every year and thick coats that keep them warm on those cold North Pole evenings (Grouse Mountain is kind of like a tropical vacation for them!).They enjoy eating some of our leftover shrubs, but we also supply them with lots of alfalfa hay and some special reindeer pellets that Santa has provided to us (we think they are
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Speed training and nutritional talk with Vega!
Speed training and nutritional talk with Vega! Week 8 of Seek the Peak Training The group met under the breezeway at the Whole Foods in Park Royal at the Whistler Water tent.I could not make the training that night, so Michael from the group, shared with me all the good times that were had for week 8 (thanks Michael!). Vega gave an amazing talk about nutrition before everyone went jogging down
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First Hummingbird Banding Session of the Season!
First Hummingbird Banding Session of the Season! On Tuesday this week we held our first Hummingbird Banding and monitoring session of 2015. The birds had arrived a few weeks before but we give them some time to settle in and feed up after a long migration.The purpose behind the monitoring is to help conduct a long term study on hummingbird population numbers and species distribution. We are a
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The importance of Wilderness First Aid Training
questions that are not usually addressed in urban based first aid programs. In the scenario above for example, you are looking at a soft tissue injury and a broken ankle. Your friend is also cold and wet and you have limited means of keeping him warm. In all likelihood, it will be another few hours before you can get warm and dry. Is it possible that he might have hurt his spine in the fall? Should you
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Fun and Accomplishment Celebrated at the Annual Snowshoe Grind Mountain Run
fast growing winter sport. The Snowshoe Grind course offers an escape into the serene beauty of a natural winter playground that begins steps away from the Grouse Mountain Chalet. It then journeys through snow-topped trees to Dam Mountain on a challenging alpine trail before looping back to the Chalet. 2016 Results Men: 1. Ian Robertson (29:27) 2. Curtis Jung (29:39) 3. Josh Tanner (30:54) Women: 1
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Vega and Me
Vega and Me For training this past Wednesday April 17, we met at the Cleveland Dam. This week we met Andrew and Taryn from Vega. They brought along some delicious samples of the Pre-workout Energizer for before our run, and Recovery Accelerator for after the run. Andrew, one of our trainers, discussed with us the importance of pre-workout nutrition. I think this is often neglected by the
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Seek the Peak: Nicole's training diary - Week 6
training calendar that you can follow, and I recommend replicating a few of these routes before race day. I’ve exchanged some great tweets with a few of you as we all prepare for race day, so please keep sharing your thoughts and training preparation. We’re all in this together! Next weekend I will be tackling legs 1-3 of the race for a great session. Where will you embark? Happy training! Nicole
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