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Barn Owls increased in numbers due to the increase in food availability.  Now, with much of our farm land being converted to housing structures or changed to green house type high-intensity use, Barn Owl numbers appear to be on the decline.Be sure to keep an eye out for Tyto on your next visit to the Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife!

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Bears Enjoy Sun and Snow! Grinder and Coola are certainly enjoying these warm sunny days we have been seeing here at Grouse Mountain.  It can get quite hot under all that fur, but thankfully their habitat still has large mounds of snow left over from our extraordinary winter.  Grinder and Coola have dug deep snow caves and when they begin to get too hot they retreat into these cool abodes.  If

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workout in a snowy paradise. Snowshoe trails are available during daylight hours.Enjoy this bonus finale to an epic season by skiing, riding or snowshoeing.

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Bears Enter Hyperphagia Each fall, when the weather cools and the days grow shorter, grizzly bears enter a state known as hyperphagia.  During this period, the bears bulk up as much as possible for the coming winter.  Grinder and Coola are no exception to this and have begun to prepare for a cold, snowy winter.Over the last couple weeks we have seen an increase in the bears appetite coupled with

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workout in a snowy paradise. Snowshoe trails are available during daylight hours. Enjoy this bonus finale to an epic season by skiing, riding or snowshoeing.

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The Eye of the Wind Elevator The elevator inside the Eye of the Wind now travels from the bottom to the top We’ve been asked by a number of skiers on the mountain why The Eye of the Wind isn’t spinning regularly. Rest assured it isn’t due to lack of wind! The blades are kept in a position that prevents them from capturing the movement of the wind while we wait to complete the electrical work

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Bears Build Bed Close to hibernation now! On Thursday morning, November 18th, Grinder and Coola suddenly decided it was time to build their hibernation bed! We had provided them with lots of nice soft fir branches a couple weeks before hand but they had gone largely ignored until today. The trigger for their bed building was probably our dropping temperatures and our first serious dump of snow

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is this important? Well every Wednesday during Grind Season, Grouse Mountain has Mingler Wednesdays at Altitudes Bistro brought to you by Granville Island Brewery. Check it out to see what the feature is for each night here. We strongly suggest that after you and your friends have conquered the Grind, you get your butts to Altitudes for some much needed Advanced Cellular Repair Technology... aka

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have helped to raise thousands of dollars in valuable funds for B.C. Children’s Hospital and ReThink Breast Cancer. Don’t forget to join us again next year as we aim even higher with our fundraising efforts. Looking to continue your great workouts during the snowy months? Make sure you tackle the Snowshoe Grind this winter and get your heart racing on the serene wilderness of our snowshoe trails here

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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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