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, the heavy rain had caused a drain spout to come loose. The arching torrent of water by some freak chance ended its cascade directly on one horizontal piece of angle iron. This angle iron supports the curved bumpers that guide the trams in. Now for some strange reason for many years people have been tossing coins outward from the loading deck to try to land them on this narrow ledge. There was always

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: The wind turbine tower was manufactured in Washington State in three sections. Each section is close to 20 metres long and made from structural steel weighing up to 45,454 kg per section. The tower sections were transported via special low-bed trailers along expressways and city roads and finally navigated at a walking pace up Grouse Mountain’s winding 13km back road. viewPOD™ Assembly: The custom

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Station, 3,700 feet above sea level. Breathtaking panoramic views of the city, sea and surrounding mountains unfold, culminating with a summit altitude of 4,100 feet. Grouse Mountain was named by a visiting hiking party in 1894, after they encountered a blue grouse bird on the alpine slopes. Today, Grouse Mountain enjoys the status of Vancouver’s most visited attraction receiving over 1.2 million

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support of SOS Children’s Village. This winter tradition is now in its 18th year and supports charitable giving, while ensuring a wonderful time for all involved with decorative trees on display in the Spirit Gallery. Families can also book in to have breakfast with Santa complete with a buffet and children’s entertainment and Grouse Mountain will again be helping to perfect everyone’s on-ice skills

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dived into. There’s no better place to sit down, cone in hand and take in the sites around you. In fact it was the first time Kaylyn our youngest (11 months) sampled the cold yummy stuff. We stopped to watch the bears twice while we were up, Grinder and Coola were taking a cool dip. After some time watching them in their refuge one of the bears wandered up out of the water and sat sniffing the air

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, giving hikers the appreciation of the snowy winter landscape. To access the Snowshoe Grind, a Ski & Snowboard Pass, General Admission Ticket or Annual Membership is required. The Snowshoe Grind is open in daylight hours, seven days a week in the winter (check Mountain Report for current conditions). Length: 4.3 kilometres (2.67 miles) Elevation Gain: 215 metres (705 feet) Average Time: On average

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Magnussen Foundation’s Skater Development Program by hosting a series of complimentary skate lessons as well as an Ice Show held on December 15 featuring the top B.C., National and International skaters. Proceeds from skate rentals are also donated to the Karen Magnussen Foundation and have helped to raise thousands of dollars over the past number of years in an effort to put more of BC’s youth on the

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and see when you get to the top, but not before." Curiousity had settled in, but I kept my promise to keep the small, neatly-wrapped envelope in my pocket until I reached the summit. Thoroughly exhausted after one of the more challenging Grinds I have done, I took a long drink from my bottle and pulled the package out of my pocket. I paused a moment as I opened it. Inside I found the bracelet I had

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