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Grouse Grind® Mountain Run Hits the Trail September 14th
, known as Mother Nature’s Stairmaster, in an effort to set a new record, beat their own best Grind time, or simply complete their first hike to the Peak of Vancouver. After completing their hike up the Grouse Grind®, participants are encouraged to join in the fun at the post-race celebration in the Mountaintop Plaza. Festivities will include award presentations, a recovery zone, BBQ, music and
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Black-tailed Deer Roam the Mountain
females do not.They spend their days roaming looking for grasses, berries and other vegetation to nibble on and as winter approaches they will descend down to the lower slopes usually below the snow line. A female almost always will have twins but the occasional single or triplets has been known to occur as well. We often see mom with a couple of young in tow up here at Grouse Mountain!Known as the
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Bears Enter Hibernation
bed-making.Grizzly Bears (and other species of bear) are actually not true hibernators. While their body temperature and heart rate slow down significantly, they do not drop to the levels observed in animals that are truly in hibernation (such as bats and small rodents). Just about every day we observe motions and activities by the bears that include stretching, re-making the bed, sitting up
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Honey Harvest
Honey Harvest 2017 marked our fourth year of having honey bees on Grouse Mountain. The only change this year, however, is that we did not bring our bees and hives up to the top of the mountain due to a banner snow year and a very late snow pack. We were concerned that food production in the form of flowers and nectar might be slow or delayed this year because we had snow on the ground into
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Grouse Woods Now Open
Grouse Woods Now Open! Canada's First Natural Feature Terrain Park We're excited to announce the opening of Grouse Woods™ - our newest terrain park and the first of it's kind in Canada.Using recycled wood and snow, our Parks crew has created a fun new terrain park experience that we can’t wait to hit up. Current features available include a Wood Wall Ride, Pole Jam Log, Down Wood Log and a Flat
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The Cut Opens Tuesday Afternoon!
The Cut Opens Tuesday Afternoon! More terrain on the way later this week Mother Nature has delivered! With all this snow plus cold temperatures that allowed us to fire up snowmaking, we’re happy to announce that The Cut will be opening Tuesday afternoon at 2pm! We're also excited to check out the new Peak Glades which will be opening later today along with Devil's Advocate with access via Peak
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Summer Season Kicks-off at Grouse Mountain this Weekend
-line Mountain Zipline Adventure, there’s something for everyone to enjoy at the Peak of Vancouver.” Soar above the treetops in the open air aboard the Skyride Surf Adventure®; get up close and with resident Grizzly bears, Grinder and Coola in their mountaintop refuge or watch a falcon take flight at the Birds in Motion Demonstration. Stroll over to our World Famous Lumberjack Show and cheer on rival
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Father's Day Fun
E-Mountain Bike Tour. All the downhill thrills with a little uphill help from state-of-the-art Rossignol pedal-assist bikes, these tours are a great way to get a taste of mountain biking. There’ll be plenty of photo ops with dad at the spectacular viewpoints along the way. Bonus activity:No visit to Grouse Mountain is complete without a visit to Grinder and Coola! While you won’t be able to give
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Baby Time of the Mountain
Baby bird season grouse underway It's the time year when we start babies appearing all over the mountain - the days are longer and forage is showing up. We have our resident pair of Barn Swallows back nesting on our bear kitchen building! They are reusing their old nest from last year, but it needed a few renovations before they moved in. Swallows will take mouthfuls of mud and combine it with
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Red Bull Uncorked
challenges your abilities and technical skills,” Mark explained, “Athletes are not seeking the biggest air, but the most dynamic terrain that will force them to step up their game”. Through collaboration with our Grouse Parks team, the Red Bull Uncorked course concept dreamed up by Seb and Mark was brought to reality. The idea that began during a late night brainstorm session required over 260 hours to
