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Grouse mountain hosts bird festival day activities Join us this Monday, August 20th as Grouse Mountain celebrates the 1st annual Vancouver Bird Festival!  We will have a display up in our plaza near the chalet and special guest appearances by our Owl Mascot and our Wildlife Ambassador Barn Owl Cleo!  Cleo will be out for educational talks at 10:45am, 1pm and 3pm on Monday.  Looking to learn a

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Y2Play Passholders Bring a Friend For Free February 15, 2019 It's True! Y2Play Passholders Can Bring a Friend for Free!It’s a winter wonderland! Recent snow and cold temperatures mean that conditions at Grouse Mountain are the best so far this season. With continued cool temperatures, and the potential for more natural snow to add to snowmaking, it truly is the perfect time to get out and enjoy

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Merry Christmas from Vancouver's North Pole Merry Christmas from all of us at Vancouver's North Pole! Our staff wish you and yours a very happy holidays. Please enjoy this bit of holiday cheer as we share the joy this season.

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Mason Bee Homes in Pollinator's Garden Recently we had two beautiful native bee boxes donated by Spirit Works Limited, designers of unique First Nations products from the West Coast.These boxes are made from Red and Yellow Cedar (made of salvaged cut-offs from milling operations), and the inside trays, where the Bees live, are made of Spruce or Fir salvaged from construction sites around

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Grinder and coola enter their lower pond habitat happy to explore For the first time in 2018, Grinder and Coola, our two resident Grizzly Bears, were given access into their 2.5 acre Lower Pond Habitat to explore.  Due to some needed repairs, this section of their habitat was closed a bit longer than anticipated.  This delay, however, has allowed the grass a chance to grow quite long and for

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sliding zone Please Note: Outside sleds, carpets and toboggans are not permitted on the mountain. Admission to the Sliding Zone is $5, and is available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Admission Timeslots are in effect on Weekends. Visit the Fireside Hut to purchase your ticket and book your timeslot early!The Sliding Zone is family fun for all ages and your chance to soar down Grouse Mountain

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Grinder and Coola Enter 17th Hibernation Period On November 22nd, 2017 Grinder and Coola, our two resident Grizzly Bears, entered their 17th hibernation period at the Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife. Grinder and Coola had a great 2017 in their 5.5 acre habitat and helped educate hundreds of thousands of visitors to the refuge on the plight faced by wild Grizzly Bears. Just before

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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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Aerial Ropes Adventure Coming to Grouse Mountain this August Guests are invited to clip-in, suspend and discover the mountaintop forest environment Grouse Mountain is excited to announce a new addition to our adventure activities -- a mountaintop aerial ropes course. An adventure that is both fun and challenging, aerial ropes will take guests to new heights. Exploring the Mountain’s forest from

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Inner city youth benefit from new initiative Two-year program teaches skills and highlights healthy living. March 24, 2009, Grouse Mountain, North Vancouver, B.C. – During the past month, 75 inner city youth have risen to new heights thanks to a tailored snowboarding program called Zero Ceiling at Grouse Mountain. The resort has partnered with Zero Ceiling and 2010 Legacies Now to provide this

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