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Grouse Parks - One More Reason to Y2Play Looking to add a little excitement to your skiing and riding? Grouse Parks provide a range of jumps, rails and boxes – from small to tall. If you’re looking to land your first, check out our Paradise Jib Park, or hit up the Cut Jib Park featuring handrails, longer boxes and bigger jumps to take the next step. The Quiksilver Terrain Park is your place for

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activities along with our five-star restaurant, The Observatory. With a long history dating back to Vancouver's earliest days, Grouse Mountain received its name in 1894 when a visiting hiking party encountered a blue grouse bird on the alpine slopes. Grouse Mountain is also home to the 2014/15 Y2Play pass - the best value on a season snowpass, valid for the remainder of this season and all of next. Ski or

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healthier lifestyle. Just like the feeling of summiting the Grouse Grind or crushing a personal best half marathon time, the feeling of waking up and knowing your body is healthy and capable of accomplishing almost anything is truly gratifying. Follow me over the next month and a half of training and balancing an everyday average kind of guy’s lifestyle. Through my stories I hope you are able to pull

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Tale of Two Critters Up here on the mountain we have two very common small critters darting through the trees, grasses and even our visitor's feet.  There is sometimes confusion over which is which, so I thought I'd devote this blog entry to talking about each species so you will have a better idea of which one is running under foot the next time you are up visiting! The Douglas Squirrel

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roads of North Vancouver, I hope to get better and stronger. This is my hope for all those battling cancer. I hope that they too will get better and stronger, ready to seek their next peak.Morikke Espenhain

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Y2Players Bring a Friend for Free! Bring a friend Feb. 3-7, 2014 Winter is here in full force at Grouse Mountain! With fresh snow, snowmaking and bluebird days ahead, this is the time of year Y2Players love best. Next week (Feb. 3-7), Y2Play passholders are invited to spread the love - bring a friend or family member for free.*This is a great chance to show off your Y2Play. Ski, ride, skate or

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$40,000 for the BC Cancer Foundation. This was no easy course, and whether racers were tackling it alone or as part of a relay team, they all earned bragging rights. Be sure to check out the Grouse Mountain Facebook Page for more photos from Seek the Peak 2014 and save the date for next year’s Seek the Peak- June 13, 2015

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will take approximately a half hour to complete. “With plenty of new snow and excellent conditions at the Peak of Vancouver, the Snowshoe Grind Challenge is the perfect way to get outside and enjoy winter at its best,” said Grouse Mountain general manager Michael Cameron. “Snowshoeing is great fun for people of all ages and abilities and we can’t wait to welcome them to Grouse Mountain next

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Ambassadors. Our new Grind Ambassadors are all unique individuals who — while having different stories for frequenting the Grind — all share the same passion for the outdoors and Grouse Mountain.They were each outfitted, head-to-toe, in brand new Columbia Sportswear gear and will be able to put it to the test through a year of frequent abuse on the Grind!Over the next week we will be introducing you to all

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a full closure until next spring as a result of slippery conditions and continuing snowfall on the upper sections of the trail. Thank you to the thousands of avid Grinders who made 2011 another fantastic season on the Grouse Grind. To all those who took part in all of Grouse Mountain events this summer; including Grind for Kids, Seek The Peak and the BMO Grouse Grind Mountain Run, your efforts

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