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First Hummingbird Banding Session of the Season! On Tuesday this week we held our first Hummingbird Banding and monitoring session of 2015.  The birds had arrived a few weeks before but we give them some time to settle in and feed up after a long migration.The purpose behind the monitoring is to help conduct a long term study on hummingbird population numbers and species distribution.  We are a

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Santa's Reindeer Enjoy Post Christmas Vacation at Grouse Mountain - Return to North Pole Santa's two reindeer, Dancer and Vixen, joined us this year at the start of December for our Peak of Christmas event. They had a great time before Christmas meeting with all the visitors and families that were exploring the North Pole setting at Grouse Mountain. They also hung out with Santa Claus himself

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Excavations to the Bear Habitat Underway! This week we began excavations to the Bear's hibernation habitat - the first area they access after they emerge from their winter's sleep.  The first stage is to get in there with the heavy machinery and remove the majority of the snow.  Our excavators and grooming machines have been working this week to remove the 15 feet of snow currently present in

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June Beetles in July! Over the last few days we've been seeing quite a few Ten-lined June Beetle's hanging around the mountain top.  These cool looking, large scarab beetles (growing up to 1.25 inches in length) live in the Western United States and Canada.They have versatile antennae that can spread out to detect pheromones but retract when more discretion and camouflage is necessary.  They may

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Get Off the Beaten Path with O2X  #risehigher on July 11, 2015 Technical. Rugged. O2X is 838m (2,750 ft) of elevation gain over 8 km.Registration is open for O2X Summit Challenge - a primal trail race for runners tackling a professionally designed course. Starting at the base of Grouse Mountain, racers trek across multi-pitch rock scrambles, rivers, steep glades, streams and other naturally

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are excited to offer our Early Bird Pass program again this year,” said Michael Cameron Grouse Mountain President. “This is a great opportunity for skiers and riders to share our winter love and purchase a season pass to experience what’s new this winter at the Peak of Vancouver, including additional lit terrain for night skiing/riding, a brand new Sliding Zone and new snowmaking infrastructure

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ClearlyContacts.ca Grouse Grind Challenge Results are in! Congratulations to all the racers! First overall men category was won by Joseph Gray with an amazing time of 26:39minFirst overall women category was won by Kristin Stoermer Steira with an amazing time of 30:52minClick in the button below to check all the results.Solo ResultsTeam Results

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Y2Play is the Earliest-Bird Snow Pass With Unmatched Savings Deal-hunters unite – it’s Grouse Mountain’s Y2Play Pass. We are confident next year's snow season is going to be epic and we want you to be part of it! Your chance to get North America's best value snowpass, with jaw-dropping savings, is now. Never before has there been such value for Y2Players. Y2Play provides Mountain access for

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Sunshine is Back and So Is Or Shuttle Bus Catch our free shuttle this weekend With beautiful weather returning to Vancouver - and Grouse Mountain - this weekend we will once again be running our shuttle bus to help our guests get up Capilano Road with expected busy days this Saturday and Sunday. The shuttle hours of operation are 10am to 6pm so just look out for the easy-to-spot green bus once

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Bears Emerge from Hibernation Today, April 16th, 2014, Grinder and Coola emerged from their bear den and into their hibernation habitat for the first time this year.  Their 13th hibernation period has come to an end.The boys have been up and active for a few days now as we put the finishing touches on their outdoor hibernation area.  Today, with a few eager onlookers, we opened the door to the

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