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October 11 Marks First Official Snowfall Of The 2017/18 Season  Overnight snowfall blankets the upper slopes of Grouse Mountain When Grouse Mountain operations staff arrived at work this morning, they were greeted with snow! Overnight Grouse Mountain received its first snowfall of the 2017/18 season on the Mountain's upper slopes."This is the early going, and freezing levels are moving around a

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to hold it for at least 45 seconds”suggests Barrett. 2. Core Strength – Absolutely! “Two of the most important skills involved inskiing and snowboarding is balance and timing & coordination – both of whichare helped greatly by a strong core” states Barrett. Exercises like the plank, balanceboards, sit-ups/crunches and leg raises/lowers are all great for engaging core musclesand building

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We're Open For The Winter Season Time to Kick Off the 2017/18 Winter Season on the Slopes It’s Time skiers and riders! With the recent snowfall and cool dry conditions for snow making, we’re elated to announce that we’ll be opening limited terrain for skiing and riding this Friday. November 10th, 2017 at 3pm. Get ready to enjoy Paradise, The Cut to mid-station, Paradise Rookie Park & The Cut

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Seek the Peak:  Nicole's training diary Week 8 Week 8: Get Ready for the Taper Two weeks to go until Seek the Peak - is everyone ready? With the start line inching closer, it’s time to start thinking about the taper - the time in a training program when we focus on less running and more recovery. It sounds like a dream for many, doesn’t it? Tapering allows your body to recover and regroup

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What to my Wondering Eyes Should Appear... The other morning there arose such a clatter, that we sprang to our helipad to see what was the matter!Turns out it was Dancer and Vixen, two of Santa's reindeer crew, arriving at Grouse Mountain from the North Pole to visit for our Peak of Christmas event!We are lucky that each year two of Santa's Reindeer visit as reindeer ambassadors to all of our

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Y2Play is 60% Sold! Don’t miss out on our best deal of the year Grouse Mountain's annual Y2Play Snow Pass is back and it’s selling like hotcakes! We’re now at 60% sold and they're going fast. With child passes priced at $64 and adult passes priced at $359 you save up to 80% off regular rates. Not to mention the fantastic benefits and discounts included for all age and family categories such as

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Seek the Peak:  Nicole's training diary The final countdown:  what you need to know Seek the Peak’ers - the final countdown is here! With less than one week to go until race day, it’s time to get prepared and stay relaxed ahead of June 14. All of your hard work and training is behind you, and you’re now ready to put it to the test. So what do you need to know for race day? The Grouse Grind For

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Training advice from our most committed Grouse Grinders The Clearly.ca Grouse Grind Mountain RunSunday, September 13th  Leading up to the 25th-annual Grouse Grind Mountain Run, we've asked our most committed, most enthusiastic Grouse Grinders to give us some of their best advice when it comes to conquering the Grouse Grind:Atessa Marashi:Atessa Marashi was our top female finisher at the Multi

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have become used to so far. By this point in the season, we’re usually dreaming of our next bluebird day instead of anxiously crossing our fingers waiting for the snow to arrive in abundance. And don’t get us wrong. We’re always prepared to do our part. Last summer, our mountain operations crew did some great work on our runs to make it easier for us to open on less snow. When we opened (early

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involve? Most of the activity has been focused on brush cutting – think extreme weed-whacking! Many of these runs have not been touched since they were initially cut 20 to 25 years ago. That’s a lot of time for things to get overgrown. When things like bushes, shrubs and grasses grow taller on designated runs, it means that we need a certain depth of snow in order to cover it all before the run can be

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