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Time to Lace Up Those Skates The Festiva Season is Almost Here! November has arrived and Vancouver's only mountaintop ice skating rink is now open! The ice skating rink will operate daily from 9am to 10pm. Come lace up your skates and glide around our 8,000 square foot pond to your heart’s content. This also means Christmas is around the corner and Grouse Mountain’s holiday wonderland will soon

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:15am.  • At the four aid stations along the course, Whistler Water, Powerade and Vega will keep participants energized. Training partners from Kintec and North Shore Athletics will be manning the stations and cheering everybody on.• The awards ceremony at the top of Grouse Mountain starts about 11am. Event partners will offer activities and samples by donation to the BC Cancer Foundation.• BC Cancer

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24 Hours of Winter a Resounding Success Thousands take advantage of unique round-the-clock skiing, snowboarding, ice skating, and snowshoeing. February 10, 2008. Grouse Mountain, North Vancouver, B.C. – At 2am this morning, Grouse Mountain’s alpine area reached the height of its overnight traffic with nearly 2,000 skiers, riders, skaters and snowshoers. The collected crowd of snow sports

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us updated on all that's gold in The Centennial State. Day One - Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015What a great way to kick off SIA last night with a keynote speech from Paralympic bronze medalist, Amy Purdy. After contracting Meningitis, she lost both of her legs. Later, she found out her kidneys were failing and was forced to receive a transplant from her father. She became incredibly depressed, but

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Snowshoe, Socialize and Indulge Long Table Fondue is here In celebration of a fantastic snowshoe season we invite Snowshoers to join us on March 30, 2016 for our Long Table Fondue. Join us for the last snowshoe drop-in of the season before sitting down to a fantastic Long Table Fondue Après. Grab some friends or book a space individually and meet new people as you indulge in a chocolate fondue

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Grouse Mountain's Olympic Torch Relay Grouse Mountain ready to shine in the 2010 Olympic Torch Relay January 29, 2010, Grouse Mountain, North Vancouver, B.C. – In just 12 days from today, the eyes of the world will turn to Grouse Mountain as the Olympic Flame arrives at the highest point in Metro Vancouver as part of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay, presented by Coca-Cola and RBC and

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open from 9am to 10pm seven days a week for skiing and riding.“Mother Nature delivered us a great present this past weekend with over 30 centimetres of new snow and that combined with our substantial snowmaking has allowed us to provide an early start to the winter season", says Grouse Mountain General Manager Michael Cameron. "We know our Passholders and winter enthusiasts have been itching to get

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. My focus this week? Almost exactly the opposite!For the past few days, including a few more to follow, my primary focal point has been to taper my training into a state of light workouts and relaxation. Now this may seem odd, and with no explanation it most certainly would be. It is that this up coming weekend I plan to tackle my second half marathon here in Vancouver.For most people the second go

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a healthy and typical hibernation period,” says Wildlife Director and veterinarian Dr. Ken Macquisten. “They began eating roughage a few days ago to jump-start their digestive and metabolic systems, and based on their playfulness that seemed to work.” This marks 12 years since the orphaned grizzlies were rescued and became residents of Grouse Mountain’s Refuge for Endangered Wildlife. “This year

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honoured and excited at the opportunity to put together and lead the training program for the race last year. I knew how much this race means to people and what kind of challenge it represented for some. I also knew that it was my responsibility to guide, train and support all of those runners. It was going to be a hard 10 weeks, but that was also the reality of the race itself. The 2015 race came and

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