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Bears Waking Up Spending more time out of sleeping den... Grinder and Coola, our two sleepy grizzly bears, have begun to move around more and more often.  Last week marked a drastic increase in temperatures and this, combined with lengthening amounts of daylight, have combined to give the bears reason to stir out of their long winter slumber.This week we will commence feeding - which for the

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Grouse Mountain opens mountaintop ice skating pond for winter Take a spin around the lower mainland’s only mountaintop rink (North Vancouver) Just one day removed from the first snowfall of the 2014/15 winter season, Grouse Mountain is pleased to announce that their 8,000-square foot ice skating pond – the only mountaintop outdoor skate pond in the lower mainland – will officially open at 4:00 pm

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Summer of Bear Discovery Launches Join us this long weekend for the start of summer at the Peak of Vancouver Kick off your long weekend with Grouse Mountain’s summer of Bear Discovery featuring a wide variety of one-of-a-kind bear-themed activities suitable for the whole family! Listen to one of our Ranger Talks, check out interpretive information at the Grizzly Lookout, watch a bear-themed movie

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The North Shore's Longest Winter Season Just Got Even Longer (April 27, 2012) Winter continues at The Peak of Vancouver with a new tube park!  NOTE: As of June 2012, the Tube Park is not available.Mother Nature did not disappoint this winter at the Peak of Vancouver delivering over 11 meters of snow to Grouse Mountain during the course of the season. With an impressive base still on the slopes

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Winter Camouflage in use by Grouse Mountain Wildlife With snow now covering all of the terrain at Grouse Mountain, many of our winter wildlife inhabitants have changed colour to match the new white background.The two that stand out the most are the Snowshoe Hair (Lepus americanus) and the Ermine or Short-tailed Weasel (Mustela erminea).  We see these two quite often up here (and their tracks

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Gear Sale - Oct. 8-10 Our legendary Gear Sale takes place this weekend JUST IN - We've decided to extend our annual Gear Sale to the 10th, so you've got one more day to get ready for winter at the Peak of Vancouver.It’s time to gear up for a great snow season ahead. Grouse Mountain’s much anticipated annual Gear Sale is back this Thanksgiving long weekend at the Peak of Vancouver.

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Beta the Wolf It is with great sadness that I must inform that one of our oldest wolves, Beta, was humanely euthanized today. In our efforts to enhance Beta's quality of life last August a tumour was removed surgically from his rump and Beta recovered very well. In the last few weeks he developed progressive lameness in his left front leg, for which Ranger staff had been providing anti

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Wildly Fun Summer Camps Adventure Camps for kids 5-16 available this summer Summer is just around the corner. Are your kids looking for some summer camp fun? Grouse Mountain has you covered. Our camps for kids 5-16 provide the ultimate in mountaintop adventure. Get behind the scenes with our Wildlife Rangers, learn how to be safe in wild outdoor spaces, get up-close with a bald eagle, or even

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Hibernating bears wake from winter sleep April 21, 2010, North Vancouver, BC - Grinder and Coola poked their heads curiously outside their den, and then the two bears took to their heels and chased each other playfully around their snow-covered habitat. The resident grizzly bears at Grouse Mountain’s Refuge for Endangered Wildlife returned outdoors after five months of hibernation on Wednesday

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Grouse Mountain partners with World Pulse June 2, 2010, Grouse Mountain, North Vancouver, B.C, – Grouse Mountain has joined forces with World Pulse to recycle used laptops and put these powerful tools of empowerment into the hands of women change makers. Effective immediately anyone can drop off their old laptop at the resort’s Guest Services office. Grouse Mountain will not only provide a

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