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Road to Seek the Peak: Week 6
Road to Seek the Peak Week 5: David Ridgeway of City Sports & Physiotherapy Each week we’ll be featuring posts from special guests designed to help get you ready for the big day. From nutrition and training tips, to motivational stories – each post will have valuable info to support your journey, all the way to the Peak!Hello all! At last Wednesday's Seek the Peak training session, I gave a
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14th Annual Seek the Peak Raises Thousands for BC Cancer Foundation
participants take on the 16-kilometre course alone or as part of a relay team, with every step upwards raising valuable funds for the BC Cancer Foundation’s lifesaving work in the fight against breast cancer. This year’s Seek the Peak title goes to Braden Lively with a time of 1:31:06 followed by Brooke Spence as the first female finisher with a time of 1:43:58. Taking top honours in the relay category is
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Weekday Fun for Kids and Caregivers Alike This September
three children/youth (ages 5-18). Only available for a limited time (September weekdays), the $55 Family Weekday Ticket provides Skyride access and so much more! Take in the world famous Lumberjack Show, do a light hike around Blue Grouse Lake looking for salamanders as you go, enjoy the Birds in Motion Demonstration and, of course, find Grinder and Coola within their five-acre habitat. Full details
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Gingerbread Village Challenge 2016
: •1st Place $1,000 Grouse Mountain Gift Card or cash •2nd Place $500 Grouse Mountain Gift Card or cash •3rd Place $250 Grouse Mountain Gift Card or cash Also, a special prize* for the top high school team - $200 Grouse Mountain Gift Card! Bakers will also receive potential exposure through a variety of different channels: •Showcase your talents to thousands of visitors to Peak of Christmas
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Seek the Peak Training: Trail Running Tips
spent on trails is a better overall approach. As you explore new trails and terrain, an out-and-back run can allow you to gain more confidence in your pace and speed. As a bonus, trails look significantly different in one direction vs the other, so it’s a 2 for 1, win-win situation. 5.Walking hills is ok! The main thing to keep in mind is to maintain a consistent effort. Power hiking offers decent
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10 things we love about the Annual Local’s Pass
10 things we love about the Annual Local’s Pass Reasons #5 through #1 Yesterday we gave you five reasons why an Annual Local’s Pass is the only way to go if you love experiencing the great outdoors on a daily basis (and really, who doesn’t?).Our Annual Local’s Pass makes visiting Grouse Mountain all year long a cost-effective way to enjoy everything we’ve got to offer at the Peak of Vancouver
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Grouse Mountain opens new terrain as snow blankets the Peak of Vancouver
Grouse Mountain opens new terrain as snow blankets the Peak of Vancouver More than 50 cm of new snow in the past 48 hours (North Vancouver) With more than 50 centimetres of fresh snow falling in the past 48 hours, it is truly a winter wonderland at the Peak of Vancouver.Following a weekend of the heavy snowfall and cool temperatures that make Grouse Mountain the lower mainland’s favourite winter
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We've Received 11cm in the last 12 Hours!
Snowfall Accumulation Keeps Adding Up 11 cm in the last 12 hours This winter season just keeps getting better, and skiers and riders are rejoicing. As of 2:00pm on February 13th, Grouse Mountain has received 11 cm of fresh snow, for a total of 525 cm so far this season.Over the next few weeks there are a mix of weather systems expected, bouncing the freezing level around. Additional periods of
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Grouse Mountain Announces Record Numbers for Family Day Long Weekend
pancake breakfast in support of North Shore Rescue that raised $2,000 through donations and was topped up to $5,000 by Grouse Mountain.” With such a wide variety of family-friendly activities like sleigh rides, the Sliding Zone and our mountaintop Skating Pond plus excellent skiing and riding, Grouse Mountain is the perfect place to spend time with family. The weekend’s activities also included a
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Bears Enter Lower Pond 2016
Grinder and Coola's habitat expands to Lower Pond Today marked the 2016 opening of Grinder and Coola's (our two resident Grizzly Bears) Lower Pond habitat. This is the second phase of their habitat and now allows them full access to their 5.5 acre habitat.Each year, due to snow load, we have to take down the fencelines for their habitats. Then, in the spring, we need to put them back up. We
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