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Grouse Mountain Introduces Brand New iPhone App With A Few Clicks Users Can Explore All That Vancouver's Premier Attraction Has To Offer Thursday February 14, 2013. North Vancouver, B.C. - The Peak of Vancouver is excited to unveil their new iPhone app that will allow users to have one touch access to everything Grouse Mountain. With the assistance of developer Finger Food Studios, this free

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Spring Approaches The bears are stirring, the weather is warming Whew, things have been a little hectic here on Grouse Mountain for the past few weeks with first the Olympic Games and now the Paralympic Games. For the entire Olympic period, the NBC Today Show was broadcasting from the mountain top and there was a flurry of activity everywhere you looked. Yet, through this all Grinder and Coola

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Seek the Peak Training Sessions Sessions run April 10-June 12, 2013 The Seek the Peak Training program will get you ready to rock those race-day hills! Whether you tackle the 16 km challenge solo or as part of a team, the Seek the Peak training program will help you to build cardiovascular fitness, muscular strength & endurance, and provide tips on mental toughness & nutrition. Designed

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Season Extended Ski or ride at Grouse Mountain through April 29 With a 573 cm base at the Peak and a 462 cm base at the Plateau, Grouse Mountain has oodles of snow for fantastic skiing, riding and snowshoeing. So we’ve extended our winter season to April 29, 2012. We all know that spring skiing is some of the best skiing out there. Capping off a day of skiing or riding with a cool drink on a

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could still gain up to 50 more pounds before entering their winter slumber.  Coola is just breaking 1000 pounds and Grinder is approaching 900.We've also been busy reducing the size of the bears' habitat as they move closer into and around their winter den.  We take down the bears' 5 acre summer fence each year as Grouse Mountain regularly gets snowfalls that tower above any fence left standing and

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of research and data are needed.  Preliminary results unfortunately show a declining number of Rufous Hummingbirds as a whole, despite local populations appearing steady.  We must conserve their migration paths and important stop-over sites where the birds spend time re-fueling and eating before continuing on their annual migration to Mexico.By keeping clean hummingbird feeders at home, filled with

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Early snowfall appears Fall weather at Grouse Mountain bodes well for coming winter September 29, 2009, Grouse Mountain, North Vancouver, B.C. – Snow graced the peak of Grouse Mountain today, signaling the coming winter in Vancouver may bring another robust season of flurries. The heavy rainfall this afternoon temporarily turned to snowfall at the highest altitude of the resort, and came as a

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approved whipping cream!  When we let Grinder and Coola back into their upper pond habitat, they both quickly found the cake and started licking up the whip cream. Once the whip cream was largely gone, they started in on the ice layers which contained berries, nuts, fish and other tasty bear treats!Finally, since it was taking too long to thaw or gnaw through, Coola decided to roll his piece into the

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Grouse Grind Opening on Saturday, May 27th Grouse Grind to open for the season this weekend It’s official – the Grouse Grind will open for the season on Saturday, May 27th at 7:00am! 800 metres of elevation, 2,830 steps and 2.5 kilometres await you. Grab your hiking shoes and take on Mother Nature's Stairmaster!This is a challenging trail - be sure to bring lots of water, wear weather-appropriate

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- not the sort of prey they might find in the wild but one they really enjoy nevertheless! Making quick work of it... It takes our caretakers two days of layering and waiting to properly freeze a watermelon in a block of ice but it took the bears about 15 minutes each to get them apart and into the good stuff inside.Through a combination of claws, teeth and tongue the bears notched some scratches and

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