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learning more about the mountain’s tiniest residents including honeybees, hummingbirds, salamanders, butterflies, dragonflies, bats, barn swallows and pikas.Grouse Mountain visitors can take a walk through The Hive Bee Interpretive Centre to brush up on bee terminology and learn how honey is made, stroll through the beautiful Pollinator’s Garden, designed to attract bees, hummingbirds and other

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Red Bull Divide And Conquer Comes To Grouse Mountain  New unique endurance race arrives at The Peak of Vancouver - June 16, 2012 Red Bull Divide and Conquer, a multi discipline endurance race, is about to take Vancouver and Grouse Mountain by storm. This unique race will test competitors' mettle on the mountains, rivers and shores of Vancouver's North Shore this summer.  On June 16th, teams of

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Mountain. Over 35 relay teams and 383 individuals endured a fun but challenging 4,100 feet of elevation gain and uphill trek in an effort to raise valuable funds for Rethink Breast Cancer. This year’s Seek the Peak winner was seasoned course veteran Colin Dignum with a time of 1:28:11. The course record set by Simon Driver of 1:24:08 still stands.Among the participants today were the friends and family

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released back into the wild.Critter Care is partnering with the Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife to return the orphaned deer to the North Shore wilderness through a process called a 'soft release'. When returning wildlife back to the wild the terms ‘hard release’ and ‘soft release’ are often used. A ‘hard release’ is where the wildlife is brought straight from the rehabilitation centre

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the Ascent for Alzheimer's fundraising initiative in support of the Alzheimer Society of B.C. The Vancouver couple, who are a part of the 2012 Ascent for Alzheimer's team, captured the hearts of many British Columbians as they raised more than $24,000 for the cause. This helped to bring the overall total fundraising to $310,000 ($210,000 from Ascent for Alzheimer's and $100,000 from a new companion

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that the resort has made a $5,000 contribution to the Tim Jones Memorial Fund benefiting North Shore Rescue.With 12 centimetres of new snow at Grouse Mountain on top of a week of outstanding snowmaking in cold temperatures, the resort’s annual 24 Hours of Winter and Family Day festivities saw thousands of visitors celebrate the snow season, with all-night skiing and snowboarding, ice skating

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One Climb Registration Opens for 2015 Mark your calendar, because June 7th is the third annual Whistler Water One Climb on the Grouse Grind. One Climb aims to emulate the daily struggle that some people have to go through, just to collect clean water. 100% of all funds raised will support Free The Children’s special project in Kipsongol, Kenya, where thousands of people lack access to clean

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Remember: Use Your Trail Sense Grouse Grind season kicks off at 6:15am on May 17, 2014 With the beginning of the Grouse Grind season, we’d like to take this opportunity to remind our Grind community about the importance of using your trail sense when navigating the Grouse Mountain trail network. For a list of Grouse Grind facts, frequently asked questions and helpful hints, please click here or

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Register Now for Avalanche Awareness Training Are you interested in learning how to evaluate avalanche conditions, analyze forecasts and plan for all weather conditions? Our experienced team will teach you the basics with our two-day Avalanche Skills Training Level 1 Course. Designed for recreationists with basic training, our course provides an entry-level decision-making framework that is

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New Gear for the New Year? Try out the latest gear this winter at Grouse Mountain If you are tired of strapping on your tired old ski gear, Elan is coming to the rescue this winter season. Elan Skis and Snowboards’ friendly and highly skilled team will be on hand here at the Peak of Vancouver on January 13, February 10 and March 17 allowing you to test out their latest and greatest new equipment.

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