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Speed training and nutritional talk with Vega! Week 8 of Seek the Peak Training The group met under the breezeway at the Whole Foods in Park Royal at the Whistler Water tent.I could not make the training that night, so Michael from the group, shared with me all the good times that were had for week 8 (thanks Michael!). Vega gave an amazing talk about nutrition before everyone went jogging down

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your friend slips on a steep and wet section of the trail. Tumbling down the rocks for about ten metres, your partner finally comes to a stop and lets out a bloodcurdling scream. As you carefully pick your way down the rocks, you can see that your friend is lying in a small puddle of water. His ankle is clearly deformed and blood is coming out of a cut just above his hiking shoe. He also says that he

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Grinder and Coola Enter Their Lower Pond Habitat Today marked the first day that Grinder and Coola, our two resident Grizzly Bears at the Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife, entered their Lower Pond Habitat in 2015.  This is also the earliest ever in the springtime that they have had access to their entire 5.5 Acre Summer Habitat.  Each year we have to take the fencing down when the

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back.  So this one beat that session hands down and it is still very early in the monitoring season.  We are going through a large amount of sugar water everyday as the birds visit the feeders.  Hopefully this trend continues!Please stop by and visit our hummingbird gardens up here and view some of these small wonders!

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while, you might spot a helicopter overhead slinging materials from the top of The Cut down to the Grind. To give you an idea of the work involved, materials will be deposited at various locations on the Grind upwards of 45 to 60 times! If you happen to be on the Skyride this week, you just might see this work in action. So, worry not, Grinders – with a little patience and help from Mother Nature

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having largest snowmaking fleet on the North Shore means there’s a lot of equipment to monitor.” “This job can be pretty unpredictable, mostly because we’re so conditions dependant. But it’s great to know that when we’re out there making snow, it directly benefits our guests by providing them a better experience on the Mountain. It’s a beautiful sight to watch the line of guns down the Cut blasting out

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opened. Our crews have been going in and trimming down this growth and laying branches flat so that it will require less snow to cover them. That means we will be able to open these runs with less overall snowfall. As we’re also conscious of the many creatures that call Grouse Mountain home, the mountain operations team consulted with our resident veterinarian Dr. Ken Macquisten to survey the target

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. Another sign read: "We didn't say this was going to be easy." A couple debated whether to turn around. One woman told her companion he would have to carry her backpack the rest of the way for "getting us into this mess." Cult followingGrouse Mountain is a ski area 25 minutes outside of downtown Vancouver. But among many it's known less for ski runs and more for this trail from hell.In 1981, a couple of

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Win Big! #ggmr25 Contest It's the Grouse Grind Mountain Run's silver anniversary, and we want you to win big! The count down to the 25th-Annual Clearly.ca Grouse Grind Mountain Run is on, and we want to thank you for 25 great years in celebration of our silver anniversary. From now until the big race on Sunday, September 13th, we will be posting a series of questions and challenges on facebook

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Seek the Peak: Halfway There! The Grouse Grind is open as we approach Seek the Peak... Well folks, we have reached the halfway point of our training series for Seek the Peak. We only have five more training sessions left with the fine people at Kintec. Lots of progress has been made, we can already see and hear the improvements from our fellow STPers. So, whether you consider it downhill or

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