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of training.Seek the Peak 2017 – It’s May and the race is 5 weeks away! As I look up from my house to the Peak of Grouse Mountain, I can’t help but be in awe of how majestic those mountains look, even more so with all the snow they still have on them! I’ve hiked up the BCMC trail a few times in the last couple of weeks to get a sense of the amount of snow left, and let’s just say that it’s no

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Upper Pond Habitat today they quickly had a good dunk in the ponds!  It looked cold but they seemed to *bear* it ok! We hope you come up and see them exploring their expanded surroundings! They love digging snow caves, sliding down snow slopes and also lounging in their ponds. They will also build day beds on the slopes and have some lazy afternoon naps each day. Of course no fun day would be

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Hummingbird monitoring sessions underway   A few weeks back we began our 2017 Hummingbird Monitoring station here at Grouse Mountain. We are one station of many that are involved in the North American wide Hummingbird Monitoring Network. It was a slow start to our season because of our late snowpack around the hummingbird gardens.Even since the start of the season, however, numbers have been

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Earth Week Update: Mountain Access Grouse Mountain is an amazing place. It provides access and insight into BC's wilderness, culture and way of life. Keeping that naturalness and beauty is something we care about greatly. Leading up to Earth Day 2017 we want to share with you some of the ways we’re working to be more sustainable. While our journey is ongoing and there are always ways to improve

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we installed our new bear scale so we could get more regular weights. Grinder, being the bolder of the two bears, immediately checked it out and in fairly short order started stepping onto it and even sitting on it watching us do our work and bring the bear food out. Coola, ever suspicious, checked it out and decided he would have nothing to do with it. Despite our best efforts at bribery Coola

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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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first hummingbird monitoring session of 2018 Today we held our first hummingbird monitoring and banding session at the Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife.  It was an amazing early season session with 22 birds caught, recorded and released!  We had six recaptures with two birds from 2017, three birds from 2016 and one bird from 2015.  Overall the birds showed signs of good health

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 Northern Comfort 'Baby Bear' socks Bear Facts metallic sign Grouse Gifts Share your love of Grouse Mountain with those on your list with these unique items.Grouse Mountain metallic sign Grouse Mountain mug GMR 'Hoody Bear' GMR Hoody - black Wild Outdoors Club blanket Reclaimed Print coasters Fun & Games For the kids or the young at heart, these picks are sure to get a smile on Christmas

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facing a very uncertain future which included the possibility of being euthanized.  They spent the first weeks exploring their new habitat and all the different types of habitat it contained. They only had a couple months to prepare for winter and hibernation. Fast forward 17 years to September 5, 2018 and Grinder and Coola are now all grown up and are seasoned veterans of their habitat and spend their

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How to Prepare for Winter Field Trips Winter field trips give students unforgettable opportunities for outdoor learning during the snow season. It’s hard to focus with wet socks, cold hands, and a hungry belly though, so ensuring students are well prepared for the snow will help them enjoy and learn from their field trip.To help everyone stay dry and comfortable, here are some tips to prepare

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