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first nations Cultural Program (full day) or first nations Presentation (45 minutes) The híwus Feasthouse is the meeting place, to enjoy a full day of vivid legends, songs, dances and crafts. Step into an authentic Pacific Northwest Longhouse and let our Squamish First Nations Elder take you back in time to discover the traditional way of life of our First Nations people.Our guides will greet

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Hunt? The Scavenger Hunt is a light-hearted, fun-focused adventure. Groups are delivered 25-35 challenge cards and can pick and choose the cards for which they feel there team will excel. The questions on these cards will have teams finding specific locations, answering riddles, completing short team challenges and unlocking secret codes all, in an effort to maximum points. The Scavenger Hunt is

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Happy Halloween - Grizzly Bear Style! bears vs pumpkins Just before we closed for our annual maintenance shut-down we had the opportunity to give two carved pumpkins, stuffed with yummy treats, to Grinder and Coola, our resident Grizzly Bears.We knew these wouldn't last long as the bears quickly found where we had placed them.  Grinder was the first to choose but as he took his pumpkin to move

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, which isn’t difficult to fathom when soaring down its expansive slope with the city skyline before you.Grouse Mountain also offers the most extensive selection of evening skiing terrain for night owls looking to log a few runs after a long workday. Winter also lasts longer at the Peak of Vancouver, as the North Shore’s largest snowmaking fleet allows the mountain to typically open in mid-November and

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Hiwus Program The híwus Feasthouse is the meeting place, to enjoy a full day of vivid legends, songs, dances and crafts. Step into an authentic Pacific Northwest Longhouse and let a Squamish First Nations Elder take you back in time to discover the traditional way of life of our First Nations people. Our guides will greet your group at the Valley Station and escort you to the mountain top

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Hiwus Programs The híwus Feasthouse is the meeting place, to enjoy a full day of vivid legends, songs, dances and crafts. Step into an authentic Pacific Northwest Longhouse and let a Squamish First Nations Elder take you back in time to discover the traditional way of life of our First Nations people. Our guides will greet your group at the Valley Station and escort you to the mountain top

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went into hibernation in November at 921 pounds and Coola weighed 1056 pounds and shortly after emerging their weights were recorded as 727 pounds for Grinder and 850 pounds for Coola!  This represents about a 200 pound drop, or about 20% of their body weight, for both bears over the nearly five months that they were in hibernation.  This is about the average we see each year.Both bears are still

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Grinder and Coola Begin Winter Preparations The days are getting shorter and the weather is turning colder and that's a sure sign that the bears are getting ready for their long winter sleep!  Grinder and Coola, our two resident Grizzly Bears at the Refuge for Endangered Wildlife, have been into hyperphagia (basically a fancy word for pigging out) phase for the last month and a bit now and have

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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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does lower several degrees and their heart rate drops to a quarter of it's normal rate but they still sit-up, roll over, stretch and even go for short sleep walks during this dormancy period.All of this motion is thought to keep their muscles, soft tissues and bones healthy during this period of non-activity.  We've seen a lot of this on our cameras and occasionally catch Grinder and Coola out on one

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