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of pollen to both our bees and a broad range of wild pollinators. As participants of the North American Hummingbird Banding Program for over 10 years, our collected data is compiled with data from other stations for research on hummingbird populations and migration in Western North America. This collection of data has led to interesting findings about hummingbirds in a sub-alpine environment

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you’re looking for an intimate dinner or to gather with friends to ring in 2015 with some dancing, and fun! Our New Years Eve Gala is a great way to get 2015 started the right way.If you fancy yourself the outdoor and active type, the New Years Eve Snowshoe Fondue may be just the thing for you! A one-hour guided snowshoe tour under the stars, followed by a some warming up inside with a scrumptious

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many years until finally I was able to fit it into my schedule in 2014. I remember thinking what a challenge it would be, not only to run the course, but to psychologically connect all the sections, embrace the elevation and feel strong throughout the entire distance. I wanted to prepare myself not just to run the course, but to be able to race it. In order to accomplish that I would need lots of

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Grouse Mountain’s Multi-Grouse Grind Challenge raises thousands for Grind For Kids! Elite athletes hit the Grind on longest day of the year in support of BC Children’s Hospital (North Vancouver) Commencing with an amazing sunrise and concluding with a gorgeous sunset, Grouse Mountain is pleased to announce that Saturday’s inaugural Multi-Grouse Grind Challenge has helped raise almost $15,000 to

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people of African descent and the poor; Malala Yousafzai, promoting education for girls worldwide; and Craig and Marc Kielburger, the founders of Free the Children, an organization that fights to free children from exploitation and advocates that children are not powerless to create change. On the longest day of this year, working as an intern for the Sales and Marketing team at Grouse Mountain, my

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Spring Wildlife Spotted on the Mountain I love this time of year!  Sunshine, green trees and of course an abundance of wildlife returning and preparing for summer on Grouse Mountain.  A couple weeks ago I spotted the first Barn Swallow of the year - back from their long migration to South America.  Today there was a whole flock flying around the mountain scoping out good nesting locations.  The

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Grouse Mountain's Namesake Lots of Grouse on Grouse Mountain this year! Every year we see a few families of Sooty Grouse hanging around the hill.  These birds are the namesake of Grouse Mt. The first settlers of the area would hike into the North Shore Mountains, including Grouse, to hunt these birds for sustenance and hence our mountain was named.Nowadays there is no hunting on the North Shore

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Bird Pass program again this year,” said Michael Cameron Grouse Mountain President. “We’ve been working on a number of initiatives for the upcoming season including significant slope grooming on Blazes and Expo, a new wall ride and enhanced features in Grouse Woods™ - our natural feature terrain park, improvements to recently introduced Peak Glades and Expo Glades as well as updates to Altitudes

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and surrounding mountains along with a wide range of year-round outdoor and educational activities, dining and more. For more information, please visit grousemountain.com.

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Grinder and Coola Enter Their Lower Pond Habitat Today marked the first day that Grinder and Coola, our two resident Grizzly Bears at the Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife, entered their Lower Pond Habitat in 2015.  This is also the earliest ever in the springtime that they have had access to their entire 5.5 Acre Summer Habitat.  Each year we have to take the fencing down when the

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