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Hit The Trends This Winter With winter just around the corner and the cold weather sneaking in, don’t wait until the last minute to get all bundled up. This season, get in touch with your wild side as you ski down the hill in style wearing some of the latest trends. Take a bit of inspiration from fashion runways to hit the slopes in style! ANIMAL PRINTS The winter catwalk designs are in and

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Common Mammals of Grouse Mountain Today for our National Wildlife Week post let's check out some of the common mammals we see up here on Grouse Mountain! American Black Bear American Black Bear (Ursus americanus) can be seen wandering the slopes and valleys of Grouse Mountain from time to time. Black Bears are the most plentiful bears in North America and British Columbia itself is home to over

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monitoring sessions we count the number of birds coming to the feeders (or just observed nearby) and then safely catch the birds using a special 'trap' designed to prevent the birds from flying away until they can be picked up by trained handlers and evaluated.  We take measurements of the birds wings, beaks, feathers and look at the bird's sex, age, body condition and fat levels.  We can also tell if the

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your feeder in after dark and set it out just before sunrise it will help prevent it from freezing up. You can also help slow down freezing by using a slightly richer feeding nectar of three parts water to one part sugar (summertime recommendation is four parts water to one part sugar). The more sugar in the water and the slower it will freeze.  Using more than this 3:1 ration could cause harm to the

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Get Geared Up With Great Deals on Former Rental Stock Sale starts April 3, 2018 Whether you’re ready to commit to ownership for the first time, or you’re looking to refresh your ski or snowboard equipment, getting quality used equipment is a great choice. We’re selling from our rental fleet and offering some exceptional deals: Ski boots: $25-$100 Fleet skis: $60-$140 Premium skis: $200-$500

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) stays both fresh and unfrozen.  It should be changed every couple of days and the feeder washed thoroughly with a mild soap solution.  The feeders can be brought in overnight as hummingbirds will not feed during the hours of darkness.  Then when you wake up and place the feeder out it will still be warm from being inside - just make sure to have it out a little bit before dawn.There are commercial

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snowfall on the North Shore plus recent colder temperatures that allowed our snowmaking team to fire up the snow guns, Paradise Bowl will be opening with access via the Greenway Chair as well The Cut to mid-station with access via the Screaming Eagle Express. In addition the Paradise Rookie Park as well as the Cut Terrain Park will opening on Friday. Skiing and riding will be available weekdays from 3pm

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Grouse Grind® T-Shirt Contest Vote for your favourite and you could win! Spring has officially arrived and that means Grind season is just around the corner.We're getting ready to gear up for the season ahead. Our team has come up with some fantastic new designs to let you show your love for good old Mother Nature's Stairmaster. The only problem is we're having a hard time choosing. So we're

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of training.Seek the Peak 2017 – It’s May and the race is 5 weeks away! As I look up from my house to the Peak of Grouse Mountain, I can’t help but be in awe of how majestic those mountains look, even more so with all the snow they still have on them! I’ve hiked up the BCMC trail a few times in the last couple of weeks to get a sense of the amount of snow left, and let’s just say that it’s no

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15th Annual Seek the Peak Hits the Trails June 24th Racers will take on the climb in support of the BC Cancer Foundation (North Vancouver) Grouse Mountain is excited to welcome racers to take on the challenge in the 15th annual Seek the Peak taking place Sunday, June 24th. With every upward step, valuable funds will be raised for the BC Cancer Foundation’s lifesaving work in the fight against

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