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Introducing Tyto the Barn Owl - Our Wildlife Ambassador Last month we adopted Tyto, a male Barn Owl (Tyto alba), as our new Wildlife Ambassador.  Tyto was born at the Canadian Raptor Conservancy (who run our Birds in Motion demonstrations) and comes to help educate our visitors and school children on owls and birds of prey.Barn Owls inhabit old trees and man-made roosts (such as barns) in the

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Wind Turbine Generator Commissioning Complete The Eye of the Wind has the potential to start generating power. It’s a nice feeling - the commissioning of our wind turbine generator is complete and The Eye of the Wind now officially has the potential to start producing power. As excited as we are, we have to wait for a few more upgrades at our point of connection before we take that final step to

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Grouse Mountain Moment Contest Winners Read the winning entries in our Grouse Mountain Moment Contest. Congratulations to our Joshua Manuel from Vancouver - The Grand Prize-Winning Moment! Joshua Best Grouse MomentIn 2008, my 7-year-old niece was not feeling very well, and had recently returned home from the hospital. Earlier that week, I visited her in the hospital and I had given her a bracelet

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The Longest Winter Season On The North Shore Just Got Even Longer!  Grouse Mountain Unveils Spring Snow Play Zone As Grinder & Coola Emerge From Hibernation April 27, 2012. North Vancouver, B.C. - Mother Nature did not disappoint this winter at the Peak of Vancouver delivering over 11 meters of snow to Grouse Mountain during the course of the season. With an impressive base still on the

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Wind Energy and its Merits Ten Key Findings Our age of unprecedented information access can often generate more questions than answers. With so much knowledge just a click away, how do we sort fact from fiction? When Grouse Mountain began to investigate wind as a source of clean energy, it experienced a classic case of information overload. The resort’s first order of business was to sift through

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We Are Fired Up Our Snow Guns Are In Action Temperatures are set to drop this weekend which means that snow is on the horizon. To help Mother Nature on her way to Opening Day we officially fired up our snow guns for the first time this season yesterday. Our snow making team has almost 40 years of experience under their belts so our slopes are in good hands! While we countdown to Opening Day make

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Another Successful Year at the Wildlife Refuge As 2011 draws to a close, I can reflect on what a successful year it has been at the Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife.  After a long 2011/2010 hibernation (the longest on record at 5 months!), Grinder and Coola were happy to get out into their habitats in early May this year.  Last winter's unprecedented snowfall left a huge amount for

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High Performance Starts Here Are you interested in the latest equipment? Maybe Santa didn’t know exactly what skis or board to bring you this year? Try out some of our high performance rentals before you finalize on a purchase. A day on the Mountain is made much more enjoyable when you’re on the right equipment. Try a different length, or side-cut to see how your carved turn responds. Our

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The Slopes Will Be Buzzing On B.C.’s First Family Day Grouse Mountain Guarantees a Weekend Jam Packed Full of Family Orientated Fun Thursday January 24, 2013, North Vancouver, B.C. – British Columbia’s first ever Family Day is guaranteed to be an exciting celebration of quality family fun as well as savings for parents and kids at the Peak of Vancouver. Grouse Mountain will be offering 50% off

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Oh Canada! Celebrate this long weekend at Grouse Mountain Get festive and show your national pride at the Peak of Vancouver this weekend! From our World Famous Lumberjack Show, to a First Nation's performance, make sure you experience all the things that make Canada glorious. Slap on a maple leaf tattoo before you indulge in some poutine and an ice cold beer on Altitudes Patio or hop on a

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