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Whistler Water One Climb to raise funds for Free The Children Every $25 raised means clean drinking water for one person – for life. Grouse Mountain is launching the Whistler Water One Climb and challenging youth, community members and business leaders in the Lower Mainland to dress in blue and “flood the Grind” on Saturday, June 22, 2013. The event will raise funds for Free The Children clean

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their lack of success.  Their target?  Steller's Jays.  Jays present a very ambitious target for a young bird as they are quite large, feisty and definitely quite intelligent. I watched the Sharpies for quite some time, and their tactic of wait and ambush seemed to be failing since the Jays were highly aware that the hawks were around and out for breakfast.  What was surprising was just how un-caring

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Bears Waking Up Spending more time out of sleeping den... Grinder and Coola, our two sleepy grizzly bears, have begun to move around more and more often.  Last week marked a drastic increase in temperatures and this, combined with lengthening amounts of daylight, have combined to give the bears reason to stir out of their long winter slumber.This week we will commence feeding - which for the

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strapping on those skis, snowboards, skates and snowshoes before you know it! We’re getting our downhill runs ready for the seasonOn our side, we’ve been doing a little digging and maintenance as we get our downhill runs ready for the 2014/15 snow season including work on Devil’s Advocate, Purgatory and Hades, with Blazes and Upper Limits to be wrapped up later this fall. This brush cutting and overall

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native Eric Carter who followed up seconds later with a time of 29:36.In the women’s category, 2014 Winter Olympic medallist Kristin Størmer Steira of Oslo, Norway claimed first place honours with a time of 30 minutes and 52 seconds – a new female record. Hot on her heels were 15-year-old twin dynamos Christina and Julie Sevsek of Surrey who claimed second and third place with times of 33:28 and 33:31

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Winter Has Arrived! Due to plenty of recent snow in the past week combined with low temperatures and the North Shore’s largest snowmaking fleet, the Paradise Bowl is now open via the Greenway Chair. The Paradise Jib Park is also open for all you freestyle fans. Looking for more terrain? Heaven's Sake will be opening Saturday via Peak Chair. For snowshoe enthusiasts, our Blue Grouse Loop and

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chattering cry is often mistaken for a bird call.Douglas Squirrels are a solid chocolate brown on their back and have a lighter brown/yellowish underbelly.  They also have a pronounced eye ring of lighter coloured fur - and of course the large bushy tail!  Their favourite food is the seeds found in the cones of our large firs and pines - they will spend a lot of the summer caching this food for the cold

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den and within seconds Grinder began digging at the snow in front.  Coola joined him and together they made short work of the snow.  With a heave, Grinder pulled himself up and out of the den, while Coola took a bit more time to finish up the hole in the snow and widen it for his larger frame.  Finally he joined Grinder in exploring the great outdoors!The hibernation period this year was 139 days

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terrain park with ease. Choose from co-ed or ladies only clinics with our top level ski and snowboarding instructors who will use the latest technology and expert coaching to help you play at the next level. Weekend sessions are available and Ladies Only Clinics include après at Altitudes Bistro. Call Grouse Mountain Guest Services today on 604.980.9311 and make 2013 your year to master the slopes

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hibernation - beating the 2009 date of November 19th by a few days.  The overall average date for entering the hibernation period has been sometime in the last week of November.We like to think that this shows the bears perhaps know it's going to be a long and very snowy winter ahead!Please follow along with Hibernation 2015/16 on our infrared camera inside Grinder and Coola's Den - you can see what they

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