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Y2Play Is Back! Y2Play 2013/14 is now on sale. It`s that time of year again! This has been a fabulous snow season – in fact the last three have all been great. Our Y2Play Pass has returned even stronger this year. We asked ourselves, how can we make the best value snowpass on the continent even better? With up to 80% savings to ski or ride the rest of this season and all of next, it`s not an

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chairs but the forward looking forecast from Environment Canada is calling additional snow early next week . This great prediction combined with Grouse Mountain’s excellent snowmaking and grooming mean that more terrain should become available soon. Last season Grouse Mountain also had an early start and one of the longest seasons on record with skiing and riding into June. With this year identified

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Santa's Reindeer Have Arrived Dancer and Vixen Stop in for a Rest Before Christmas Eve Today marked the arrival of two of Santa’s reindeer – Dancer and Vixen. They are here to rest up and eat well before their epic journey around the world on Christmas Eve! Starting this Saturday, November 28th, you can visit Dancer and Vixen at their habitat next to Santa’s Workshop at the Skating Pond.During

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crisis in the late 1960's, as did many birds of prey, when the pesticide caused massive problems with the success of laying and rearing young.  They have since recovered and are doing fairly well as a species.Keep an eye out next time you are in the woods and if you see a blurr of feathers go darting by in pursuit of another bird, you've mostly likely seen a Sharp-shinned Hawk.  

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these species on your next visit to Grouse Mountain and be sure to check out your own neighborhoods in the winter to see what local species stick around!

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Barn Owls increased in numbers due to the increase in food availability.  Now, with much of our farm land being converted to housing structures or changed to green house type high-intensity use, Barn Owl numbers appear to be on the decline.Be sure to keep an eye out for Tyto on your next visit to the Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife!

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is also bound to be one of the top go-to features for avid skiers and riders as it allows users to monitor, record and map their runs at Grouse Mountain using their phones GPS, and post their latest runs on Facebook and Twitter.“The Grouse Mountain iPhone app will allow winter enthusiasts to take their experience at the Peak of Vancouver to the next level” says, General Manager Michael Cameron

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snowmobiles and snowcats. The electrical control building of the structure is now full of the necessary gear that allows us to bring electricity from the generator into our local grid. We will complete the connections and testing of this gear over the next few weeks. Inside of the tower the elevator installation is progressing well. We have a near-complete elevator cab and elevator rails that go as high as

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interpreters also deliver a top notch educational talk at the same time, teaching our guests many cool and interesting facts about raptors.I hope that everyone has an opportunity to visit us next year and see our 2012 demonstrations.  There's nothing quite like having an owl fly silently only inches above your head or seeing an eagle take flight right in front of your eyes!A big thanks to our Birds in Motion

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. The snow, cold and short days are all triggers that the bears should begin their winter sleep. It was all over in a couple short hours and the bears were enjoying their new mattress! As the snow continues to build over the next few days the bears will spend an increasing amount of time sleeping inside. Once we are sure they are spending most of the day inside the den we will close the outer door to

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