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stretch technology. The added stretch makes this the most comfortable Gore-Tex product you've ever worn. As for what we can expect to see style-wise next season? More prints and way more colour! After a winter of earth tones, colour and prints are everywhere for next winter. Bright blues, corals, turquoises and merlots will feature heavily for women. While men will continue with some earth tones, yellow

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one that has perches near the feed openings as hummingbirds do like to rest while they have a bite to eat!After purchasing a feeder, give it a good clean and rinse with warm water and anti-bacterial detergent.  When looking for a location to hang it please take into consideration features like window sills, fences, posts or other areas that might be easy perches for local house cats or other

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. NEW YEAR'S EVE DINNER SEATINGS The Observatory - starting at 5:00pm* Six Course Dinner $120.00/Person + Tax + Gratuity for food only (Includes Skyride Ticket) Altitudes Bistro and Timber Room - starting at 5:30pm* Four Course Dinner $90.00/Person + Tax + Gratuity for food only (Includes Skyride Ticket) *Seating time is 2.5 hours. All tables will be rebooked except for reservations after 8pm. Guests

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Getting the Bees Ready for Spring We recently did our first full check-in with the bee hives after a long winter's rest!Since October the bees have been on their own at a low-land site in the Fraser Valley staying warm.  They produce extra honey near the end of the season to see them through the winter.  The Queen's lay special worker bees that will live longer than normal but stay in the hive

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see after a long winter and its bright yellow buds will start popping up everywhere in the spring.  It has a strong, hard to eliminate, root system and, when it goes to seed, the puffball heads can spread seeds over a large area.  But yet for all this pervasiveness, it is a relatively benign species when it comes to any impacts on the ecosystem - in fact, the benefits outweigh any issues.Because it

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Seek the Peak:  Nicole's training diary Week 7 Week 7: Arriving to the Start Line Injury-Free As I was climbing the Grouse Grind this weekend, I felt a slight pain in my right knee and thought of the worst. Was I feeling an injury surfacing? Thankfully, after a few more minutes of climbing, the pain disappeared and I returned to normal. With the countdown beginning for Seek the Peak (three weeks

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, playing and wrestling in it like two kids on a snow-day from school!  The bears are also out of shape, however, having spent the last months sleeping, and after a long play session usually go right back to napping.You can now visit Grinder and Coola and watch them play in the snow in their hibernation habitat as we prepare their 5.5 acre summer habitat - just follow the directional signs in front of the

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11th Annual VASS Cup Returns to Grouse Mountain on March 10th Premier annual fundraiser in support of Vancouver Adaptive Snow Sports (North Vancouver) Celebrating the Vancouver Adaptive Snow Sports (VASS) community, the 11th annual VASS Cup will be held on Saturday, March 10th at Grouse Mountain. This fun afternoon of activities is also the premier annual fundraiser for VASS’ programs which make

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, whom they then try to further impress with a short powerful flight.  After mating, the females leave the males territory to raise the chicks on their own.Grouse chicks are born with soft fluffy body feathers and shortly after hatching can follow their mother around.  They then forage on grasses, berries and budding leaves both on the ground and in shrubs and trees.  We've seen families of 8-10 up

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Whistler Water to help support Free The Children’s clean water project in Kipsongol. You can learn more about Free The Children’s work in Kipsongol here.2) Inspiring words from Taylor Conroy will greet you at the top of the mountain along with our fun-filled After Party. If you didn’t already know, Taylor is the founder of Change Heroes, a ground-breaking friend funding platform that has raised well

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