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Olympian Evan Dunfee takes a walk on our mountain ropes adventure Canadian Olympic Race Walker and record holder, Evan Dunfee visited us recently as he continues his training for the upcoming 2020 Tokyo Games. Canada's fastest man took the chance to take a walk among the trees on our Mountain Ropes Adventure™ course.Watch the CTV News coverage of Evan's visit to Grouse Mountain in this video:We

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for and raise the highly endangered Northern Spotted Owls. Odin's recently had his 1st birthday on April 10th of this year! Athena - Great Horned Owl Athena is also one of the newest members of our Wildlife Ambassador crew.  She arrived here last May as a two month old youngster having been born at the end of March 2019.  She was hatched at an educational facility in Ontario and hand raised so that

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has existed in its current form since the Grouse Mountain Ski Club and Tyee Ski Runners merged in the 1950s after operating independently of one another since the early 20th century. With a rich, colourful history that is as much about the off-snow escapades as those on it, tales from the early days of the Tyee are the stuff of local legend and lend a certain aura of adventure to Vancouver’s oldest

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Gear Up at Our Annual Thanksgiving Sale October 9-11, 2020 Our annual Thanksgiving Sale is back again on the upcoming long weekend! Join us for a safe shopping experience and take advantage of huge savings on some great gear. This year a number of our local ski and outdoor retail reps will join Outfitters for a kick off to winter. We will have reps offering 30-60% off brands like Salomon, Smith

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Celebrating 18 Years of Grinder and Coola at Grouse Mountain! Today marks the 18th Anniversary of the arrival of Grinder and Coola, our two resident Grizzly Bears, at the Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife.  Both bears were found orphaned in the wild in the late spring of 2001 - Coola was found near the coastal town of Bella Coola after his mother was struck and killed by a truck on

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currently holding a naming contest to find them the right monikers!  You can visit: https://www.grousemountain.com/owls/owl-ambassador-naming-contest if you have some good naming suggestions for us! Barred Owl This is the new male Barred Owl (Strix varia). He came to Grouse Mountain on April 25th, 2019, from the Northern Spotted Owl Captive Breeding Program in Langley, BC. after being hatched on April

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Mountain.  If you would like to brush up on your Reindeer and Caribou knowledge you can attend our daily Reindeer Talks at 12pm and 3pm where one of our Wildlife Rangers will give you the history of Santa's Reindeer and some cool Caribou facts in general.  Take home some knowledge to quiz your family over Christmas!Grouse Mountain's Peak of Christmas Event runs from November 20th through to January 3rd

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Winter dormancy 2018/19 continues Just an update on Grinder and Coola's 2018/2019 dormancy period - all is going well and the boys continue to sleep most of the cold and snowy days away.We do see them get up from time to time on their infrared camera (see screen capture below!) as they stretch their muscles and check conditions outside of their sleeping chamber.What Grinder and Coola are going

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Grinder and Coola Celebrate the 17th Anniversary of Their Arrival at Grouse Mountain Back on September 5th, 2001 two very young Grizzly Bear cubs named Grinder and Coola arrived on Grouse Mountain. This was to become their new sanctuary and home.  They were both orphaned out in the wilds of BC (see below for their stories) and had no where to go. Without Grouse Mountain's assistance they were

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Grinder and coola prepare for winter During the month of October our two Grizzly Bears, Grinder and Coola, seriously began their winter preparations.  The boys entered their period of Hyperphagia, which is a fancy Greek word for 'pigging out', where they gain approximately 20% more body weight.  As we enter November, Coola, the larger of the two bears, currently weighs in at 1030lbs - about 200

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