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. Getting out on the Mountain is the best way to spend a day during the winter in our opinion. In the spring the days are longer, the temperature is higher, the snow is softer and everyone is just having a good time. Spring skiing has some great health benefits too. Warm temperatures and extra sunlight are great mood enhancers to help treat the winter blues. It can also relieve stress and improve sleep

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state until the first snows come and the days get really short. Then it's time to build a bed and prepare for their long winter sleep! Make sure you get up before then to say goodnight!

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Grinder and Coola Emerge From Hibernation On Friday April 28th, 2017 Grinder and Coola, our two resident Grizzly Bears, emerged from a five-month long hibernation period started on November 28th, 2016.  These 152 days make the 2016/2017 hibernation the second longest ever and only one day short of tying their record from 2010/2011.Both bears had shown signs of stirring in the weeks leading up to

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Summer is here…it’s time to Patio! From refreshing Moscow Mules to fun and flirty champagne cocktails, summer is the time to get out on the patio. With long days, short nights, and warm weather there’s no excuse not to get out, have some fun, relax and unwind. To help you through this patio season, we’ve asked our on-site beverage experts at Altitudes Bistro for their top summer drink picks

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On the Move - Spring Migration Today as part of the National Wildlife Week let`s look at a currently ongoing phenomenon - migration!  Many bird species and some mammals as well (most notably bats) will migrate in the fall when days are getting short, weather is getting colder and food is more scarce.  The distance and timing of the migration varies a lot from species to species and can be as

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Grinder and Coola Enter 16th Hibernation Period on Grouse Mountain With the days getting quite short and the snow building up, Grinder and Coola, our two resident Grizzly Bears at the Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife have finally entered their long winter nap.This will be the 16th hibernation period on Grouse Mountain for Grinder and Coola who arrived in 2001 as young orphaned cubs

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this, shorten your stride on the steeps, lengthen on the flats, and go mid length on moderate terrain. Just like hill climbing on a bike – vary your gears, but keep your effort stable. Train yourself to pick up your feet over terrain towards the end of your longer runs. Most falls happen later in the race as you fatigue and don’t get full clearance with you feet. Look up, and ahead, even as you tire

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hill is really steep or long, you will not be able to see the top and it does not make sense to run it. A fast hike will get you to the top just as well without losing too much time and using slightly different muscles than your running apparatus. The big advantage of this is that you will be more rested arriving at the top than someone who "ran" to the top and it allows you to then use the saved

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we installed our new bear scale so we could get more regular weights. Grinder, being the bolder of the two bears, immediately checked it out and in fairly short order started stepping onto it and even sitting on it watching us do our work and bring the bear food out. Coola, ever suspicious, checked it out and decided he would have nothing to do with it. Despite our best efforts at bribery Coola

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and spit!) and shortly thereafter they laid five eggs.  Both the male and the female took turns incubating the eggs and after approximately 14 days the eggs hatched!We then watched as the parents took turns bringing food in for the  young.  Baby birds are voracious eaters so it took a lot of effort and insect hunting on the parent's behalf to keep up with the demand from the young!After hatching

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