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Wildlife.During their 171-day winter dormancy, Grinder and Coola were monitored by Grouse Mountain staff via an infrared cameraplaced in their hibernation den and the live feed was shared with the public on the Grouse Mountain website. Thishibernation period is the bears’ longest since their arrival at Grouse Mountain, surpassing last year’s record by one day. “We’re excited to welcome Grinder and Coola out of

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support the progression of the skiers and riders who come to Grouse Mountain,” he continued. “Now as the first Resort on the North Shore to have a handle tow specifically for Park users, we look forward to supporting that progression for many more years to come.”With a total rope length of 250 metres and maximum speed of two metres per second, the Short Cut handle tow can move up to 600 people per hour

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ages 3 to 8 years old, and guests of all ages will enjoy our epic World-Famous Lumberjack Show®, featuring a 60-foot tree climb, log rolling and axe throwing. At the Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife, guests can say hi to resident Grizzly bears, Grinder and Coola, in their 5-acre habitat, watch a falcon take flight during the awe-inspiring Birds in Motion® Demonstration and learn more

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!  Come say hi before then and we're trying to encourage them to come back for a bit of R&R after Christmas before returning to the North Pole in the New Year.  Happy Holidays everyone!

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scattered around the habitat (their first food of the year!). This leafy green vegetable imitates the emerging grasses and shrubs that wild bears find on their first forays out from their winter chambers. The lettuce also has a high water content that helps flush out their stomachs and reboot their digestive systems following a winter of no food.After eating, the boys had numerous play wrestling sessions

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Grinder and coola enter 21st hibernation Grinder and Coola, the two Grizzly Bear inhabitants residing at our wildlife refuge, entered their 21st hibernation/winter period here on Grouse Mountain today - November 8, 2021.  This marks their earliest entry into hibernation yet - beating their previous record of November 10th set just last year in 2020.Last year they had a record long dormancy of

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Wildlife. During their 171-day winter dormancy, Grinder and Coola were monitored by Grouse Mountain staff via an infrared camera placed in their hibernation den and the live feed was shared with the public on the Grouse Mountain website. This hibernation period is the bears’ longest since their arrival at Grouse Mountain, surpassing last year’s record by one day.“We’re excited to welcome Grinder and

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were created.  Once ready the bears were transported to the mountain on September 5th 2001, brought up on the Blue Tram and the rest is history! Today Twenty years later Grinder and Coola are still healthy and happy and living at our refuge.  We have learned a lot by raising them here and are hopeful that our experiences and observations can help future orphaned Grizzly Bears be rehabilitated and

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It was almost by accident that Ornulf Johnsen, one of the most influential figures in the history of our Ski School,ended up at Grouse Mountain. The outgoing Norwegian ski enthusiast came to the West Coast in 1965 tospend a year as the first Ski School Director at Whistler during the Mountain’s inaugural season. Following hisyear at Whistler, Johnsen had intended to return to Norway but before

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Grinder and coola enter their upper pond habitat Bear habitat expanded Today marks the entrance of Grinder and Coola, our two resident Grizzly Bears, into their 2.5 acre Upper Pond Habitat for the first time in 2021.  Both bears emerged from hibernation this year on April 29th and have spent the last three weeks in their Hibernation Habitat as we prepared part of their larger space.  Each year

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