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starving and wandering along a logging road near Invermere, BC. Severely emaciated, Grinder weighed only 5kg when he was rescued. In the same year, Coola was rescued near Bella Coola on the BC coast after his mother was killed by a truck.Now, 17 years later, Coola and Grinder are fully grown and continue to reside at the Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife. Each winter, they hibernate within a

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reindeer at Vancouver’s North Pole. “There’s nothing quite like boarding the Super Skyride and being transported to a snow-covered Christmas landscape,” said Grouse Mountain’s Communications Manager, Julia Grant. “Our Peak of Christmas activities allow guests of all ages to immerse themselves in the festive season through visits with Santa and his reindeer, wandering along our enchanting Light Walk or

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Grouse Parks Named #3 Terrain Park in the Northwest. The results of Newschoolers' 2018 Parks Poll are in, and we couldn't be more elated. As last season came to a close, Newschoolers, named the top skiing website in the world, teamed up with Snow Park Technologies to create a comprehensive ranking of the best terrain parks across North America. Using a combination (50/50) of analytical analysis

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Grinder and Coola enter their upper pond habitat  Grinder and Coola, our two resident Grizzly Bears, entered their large summer Upper Pond habitat today for the first time in 2018.  This habitat is an increase from their hibernation area where they spent the winter this past year and when combined with the Lower Pond habitat in a couple weeks will represent the Grizzly Bears 5.5 acre summer

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Giving Winter Hummingbirds A Helping Hand Cold birds appreciate the help With the return of cold weather to the Vancouver area we are getting lots of inquiries about cold hummingbirds that are spending the winter here.We have one species of hummingbird that overwinter in the Vancouver Area - the Anna's Hummingbird.  We've been seeing this larger hummingbird stick around southwestern BC because

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Grouse Mountain Ranked as a Top Winter Experience By Flight Network Grouse Mountain is so pleased to share its recognition as a Top Signature Winter Experience in Canada by Flight Network. Canada’s leading international travel agency worked tirelessly to find the best destinations for a traveler venturing to the beautiful Canadian landscape. Scouring through hundreds of entries, Flight Network

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activity on our hibernation bear camera.Recently the bears have been seen rolling around, remaking the bed, doing some stretching and overall spending more time out of the sleeping chamber and into the larger front-area of the den.  Our Wildlife Rangers have even seen them poking their heads out to see what we are up to with our daily checks (see the photo below!).  Since we are observing this activity

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Honey  Harvest 2017 marked our fourth year of having honey bees on Grouse Mountain.  The only change this year, however, is that we did not bring our bees and hives up to the top of the mountain due to a banner snow year and a very late snow pack.  We were concerned that food production in the form of flowers and nectar might be slow or delayed this year because we had snow on the ground into

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Celebrating 18 Years of Grinder and Coola at Grouse Mountain! Today marks the 18th Anniversary of the arrival of Grinder and Coola, our two resident Grizzly Bears, at the Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife.  Both bears were found orphaned in the wild in the late spring of 2001 - Coola was found near the coastal town of Bella Coola after his mother was struck and killed by a truck on

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.  Caesars are always an excellent pre-dinner drink, as they can tide you over until your meal or make a great pairing to the Mountain Nachos you might be sharing. Ask the bartender for gin instead of vodka in your Caesar – a different, but tasty take on the classic. If Caesars are not your beverage of choice, a tasty and smooth lager, such as our local Granville Island Lager, is always a nice choice.For

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