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Santa's ambassador reindeer arrive at grouse mountain This very morning on Grouse Mountain, with a clatter of hooves, two of Santa's reindeer, Dancer and Vixen arrived for our annual Peak of Christmas celebration.  Dancer and Vixen are here to represent Santa this year, since he is staying put at the North Pole (see Holly Snowflakes official update on Santa here).  They quickly settled into

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Happy 20th Bearthday Grinder and Coola! a january birthday January each year marks another birthday for both of our two bears Grinder, and Coola as all young grizzly bear cubs are born inside the den in the early winter months. Female Grizzlies will give birth to one to three cubs inside the den as a protective measure to allow the young bears a chance to nurse and grow before heading out into

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Grinder and Coola Weigh In Grinder and Coola, our two resident bears, are doing well now that they have emerged from their 2019/2020 hibernation on April 21st after a 144 day winter dormancy period.  On the day they emerged both bears were too excited to sit still on our weigh scale but since then we have started their daily routine of sitting for wildlife staff to record their weight.  Grinder

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for and raise the highly endangered Northern Spotted Owls. Odin's recently had his 1st birthday on April 10th of this year! Athena - Great Horned Owl Athena is also one of the newest members of our Wildlife Ambassador crew.  She arrived here last May as a two month old youngster having been born at the end of March 2019.  She was hatched at an educational facility in Ontario and hand raised so that

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Commitment and the new health and safety protocols in place, please visit www.grousemountain.com/pureclean About Grouse Mountain: Grouse Mountain is the number one visitor attraction in the Lower Mainland, with 1.3 million annual visitors. Known as the Peak of Vancouver, we offer unparalleled panoramic views of the city, sea and surrounding mountains along with a wide range of year-round outdoor and

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winter here at the Peak of Vancouver.” As a legacy event that began with the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, 24 Hours of Winter kicks off Saturday at 8:00 am and runs through 10:00 pm on Sunday with a variety of special activities including all-night skiing, snowboarding and ice skating; snowshoe tours; a spectacular torch parade; special apres celebration; morning yoga and much more. New to the

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family fun.Bonus: Kids Ski Free This Spring BreakWe're offering a free Mountain Admission or Day Lift Ticket for every child/youth (18 and under) accompanied by a paying adult every weekday during Spring Break. Spring Break pricing is available in-person any weekday during Spring Break by visiting our Ticket Centre. Click here for full details. 1. Skiing And Riding With our snow base over 360cm deep

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First Hummingbird Monitoring Session of 2019 14th Year of monitoring On Thursday June 13th we held our first hummingbird banding and monitoring session of 2019.  This marks our 14th year of running this project on Grouse Mt. Hummingbird numbers have been in decline and very few studies were being carried out as to why and what possible causes could be contributing.  Grouse Mountain teamed up

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after a 128 day winter dormancy period, having lost 15% & 19% of their body weight respectively. This year Grinder entered hibernation weighing 419 kg (921 pounds) and the typically larger Coola was 480 kg (1056 pounds). Both looked trimmer upon emergence but neither bear was interested in helping us check their weight on the scale in their habitat. As the Grizzlies habitat expands with the

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going to look a little different than the last time you joined us. We recommend a few simple steps to help you plan your visit: 1. Advance reservations for Skyride boarding times are required. Make sure you reserve your boarding time online prior to your visit.Passholder Skyride ReservationsDownload Tickets & Reservations2.Take a moment to review our new PureClean Commitment and familiarize

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