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Grouse Mountain’s Annual Thanksgiving Sale is Stuffed with Great Savings
Grouse Mountain’s Annual Thanksgiving Sale is Stuffed with Great Savings Extended dates for this year’s sale; ongoing from October 5th through 12th (North Vancouver) Grouse Mountain is pleased to announce the return of its Thanksgiving Gear Sale, offering fantastic savings on outerwear, base layers, accessories, gently-used equipment and more. This annual sale is a great opportunity to gear up
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A Blizzard has Arrived!
A Blizzard has Arrived on the Mountain! Before Christmas last year, we had a new arrival on the mountain - a male Snowy Owl originally from Edmonton. Over the holidays we held a naming competition and the final choice from guests and fans was 'Blizzard' - an apt name for a white bundle of feathers on our snowy mountaintop!Blizzard is our newest Wildlife Ambassador and, in addition to our Barn
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11th Annual VASS Cup Returns to Grouse Mountain on March 10th
increase their self-confidence, motivation and independence through outdoor recreation. Last year’s event saw the highest turnout in its history and raised over $50,000 in support of VASS programs. VASS is a registered non-profit society that runs skiing and snowboarding programs for persons with a disability at Grouse Mountain, Mt. Seymour and Cypress Mountain. Students of all ages and disabilities are
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Bears Stir But Still in Hibernation
Grinder and Coola Stirring More Often but Still in Their Winter Sleep With conditions turning towards spring we've noticed that Grinder and Coola, our two resident Grizzly Bears, have been doing a lot more activity in recent days! They have quite often been seen stretching, rolling over, sitting up and even doing a couple wanders outside of their sleeping chamber. They have a large building
https://www.grousemountain.com/posts/bears-stir-but-still-in-hibernation
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Red Bull Uncorked
) took on a custom-built course designed to allow ultimate innovation and creativity beyond what’s traditionally defined as progression in snowboarding. 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 become the visually stunning
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Bears Emerge 2017
, playing and wrestling in it like two kids on a snow-day from school! The bears are also out of shape, however, having spent the last months sleeping, and after a long play session usually go right back to napping.You can now visit Grinder and Coola and watch them play in the snow in their hibernation habitat as we prepare their 5.5 acre summer habitat - just follow the directional signs in front of the
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It's Go Time...Grouse Mountain Receives First Snowfall of the 2016/17 Season
conditions to ensure the earliest opening date possible.Stay tuned for updates over the next little while, and check the Current Conditions for the latest info; call our Snowphone at 604.986.6262; or subscribe to Snow Alerts to recieve a text message each time we receive 10cm or more of fresh snow.
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Bears Enter Upper Pond Habitat 2017
hibernation habitat which is an outdoor area designed to give them some access to the snow and conditions while their large habitats are prepared. Our crews had to deal with clearing a 10 foot snow pack away from the edge of the Grizzly Habitat in order to get our electric fence up and have room for viewing. The Upper Pond habitat has lots for them to explore and we pushed the snow up into giant mounds
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Grouse Mountain to open additional terrain Tuesday morning
iconic Vancouver landmark during normal operating hours of 9:00 am to 10:00 pm, seven days a week. With the Environment Canada forecast calling for clear skies and cool temperatures in the coming days along with the North Shore’s largest snowmaking fleet in place at Grouse Mountain, additional terrain is slated to be opened in the near future.“We are thrilled to welcome skiers and snowboarders to The
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June Beetles in July!
June Beetles in July! Over the last few days we've been seeing quite a few Ten-lined June Beetle's hanging around the mountain top. These cool looking, large scarab beetles (growing up to 1.25 inches in length) live in the Western United States and Canada.They have versatile antennae that can spread out to detect pheromones but retract when more discretion and camouflage is necessary. They may
