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shoulders. Are you ready?Most first aid courses are developed for environments where first responders have rapid access to advanced medical care and equipment. In other words, they are designed for situations where paramedics can get to your location in a timely fashion. You don’t have to go very far for these crucial conditions become nothing more than wishful thinking. Being far from help poses several

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year.Honey is created by the bees from the nectar of flowering plants.  Foraging bees collect the nectar, mix it with enzymes and store it inside the hive.  Here, bees fan the nectar/enzyme mix until it dehydrates to approximately 18% moisture content.  When this happens it is officially called 'honey'.   At this point the bees put a wax cover on the cell to help preserve it.Bees continually make honey as

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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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aims to provide guests with a taste of wilderness and help foster a greater appreciation for our British Columbian wild spaces and their inhabitants.” Get up close with resident Grizzly bears, Grinder and Coola at their 5 acre mountaintop habitat or watch a falcon take flight at the stunning Birds in Motion Demonstration. Stroll over to the World Famous Lumberjack Show or take that stroll a little

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Bee Day on Grouse Mountain This past Saturday, July 21st, Grouse Mountain hosted a visit by Hives for Humanity (www.hivesforhumanity.com) who helped us launch our bee education endeavors based around our four new hives!Hives for Humanity is a local non-profit organization whose mission is to help spread bee knowledge and respect throughout urban communities with a focus on at-risk communities

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Grizzly bears from a Ranger Talk at our Refuge for Endangered Wildlife or venture into the forest on a Guided Eco-Walk.Our hope is for visitors to leave Grouse Mountain with a greater appreciation for the beauty of our natural environment and for that appreciation to help stimulate conversations about what we can do to protect it. 

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Suunto Multi-Grouse Grind® Challenge Raises Thousands for Grind For Kids Record setting day on the Grouse Grind® in support of BC Children’s Hospital (North Vancouver) After an amazing 19 hour day on the Grouse Grind®, Grouse Mountain is pleased to announce that the Suunto Multi-Grouse Grind® Challenge has helped raise an estimated $22,000 in support of the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation

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Santa's Reindeer Fly in from the North Pole in time for Peak of Christmas Dancer and Vixen to be his Grouse Mountain representatives this year! Early on Wednesday morning this week we heard a clatter outside the Chalet as two of Santa's Reindeer, Dancer and Vixen, suddenly landed on the Grouse Mountain helipad!  Our Wildlife Rangers were the perfect hosts, of course, and guided them to their

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Road to Seek the Peak Week 5: David Ridgeway of City Sports & Physiotherapy  Each week we’ll be featuring posts from special guests designed to help get you ready for the big day. From nutrition and training tips, to motivational stories – each post will have valuable info to support your journey, all the way to the Peak!Hello all! At last Wednesday's Seek the Peak training session, I gave a

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Multi-Grind Challenge raises thousands for Grind For Kids! 15 participants raise nearly $9,000 After an amazing 16-hour day on the Grouse Grind®, Sunday’s second-annual Multi-Grouse Grind Challenge has helped raise almost $9,000 as part of the mountain’s annual support of the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation!As the only sanctioned event to determine the record-holder for most ascents of the

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