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Helping Hummingbirds It's National Wildlife Week in Canada and to help celebrate the diversity of wildlife on Grouse Mountain we will be posting different blogs throughout the week to highlight some of our wonderful wild animals found around Grouse Mountain and Vancouver and ways that you can help them out from home!Today we'll start with the amazing hummingbirds.  On Grouse Mountain we see two

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Grinder and Coola Weigh In Grinder and Coola, our two resident bears, are doing well now that they have emerged from their 2019/2020 hibernation on April 21st after a 144 day winter dormancy period.  On the day they emerged both bears were too excited to sit still on our weigh scale but since then we have started their daily routine of sitting for wildlife staff to record their weight.  Grinder

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, before going on to study geography in university, working in environmental research and the tech industry, and returning here. The memories from that field trip have stuck with me through the years, and I’m thrilled to be able to help students experience hands-on, play-based learning at Grouse Mountain now. Learning about wildlife and bears of North America is exciting, but learning about bears of

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the mountain experience accessible to all. “As our biggest event of the year, the VASS Cup is a true celebration of our community and showcases what we call the VASS Magic,” said VASS President, Anne Bethune. “It’s not only a chance to recognize our students as they show their skills on the race course, but an opportunity to hear stories from family and friends about the impact VASS has in our

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live Grizzly Bear Camera and watching for the behaviors noted above.  The camera feed may look bright but inside the den it is pitch black and what we are seeing is infrared light emitted from two transmitters in the wall of the den and this allows the camera to 'see'.  To the bears, however, it is dark inside.  A neat option is to choose the daily time-lapse feed from the upper right corner menu

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We're Open For The Winter Season Time to Kick Off the 2017/18 Winter Season on the Slopes It’s Time skiers and riders! With the recent snowfall and cool dry conditions for snow making, we’re elated to announce that we’ll be opening limited terrain for skiing and riding this Friday. November 10th, 2017 at 3pm. Get ready to enjoy Paradise, The Cut to mid-station, Paradise Rookie Park & The Cut

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Grouse Mountain Seasonal Closure – October 28 to November 8 Grouse Mountain’s seasonal closure will take place between October 28th and November 8th, 2019 as the Mountain transitions between its summer and winter operations. During this period there will be no upload or download access to/from the Mountain and all mountaintop activities and facilities will be closed. This will allow for annual

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delivered a crop of Butter lettuce, Lacianto kale and green onions to our chefs. In addition to seasonal harvests you will often see our chefs out picking fresh herbs to include in the dishes on The Observatory and Altitudes Bistro menus.  While not quite ripe yet, we’re looking forward to seeing juicy tomatoes and peppers from our very own gardens hit the menu later this summer. Stay tuned!

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Got a Mountain Enthusiast on Your Christmas List? It's shopping made easy with Grouse Mountain digital gift cards Grouse Mountain gift cards can be used to purchase lift tickets, passes, retail items, lessons, adventures, food & beverage and more! They offer the recipient lots of flexibility to enjoy as desired. From winter to summer, day to night, serene snowshoeing to adrenaline-inducing

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instead they use echo-location to navigate and find their prey.  They emit ultra-sonic noise waves that radiate out from the bat's head and if they strike an object they bounce back and the returning sound is picked up by the bat's ears and, in turn, by the bat's brain which pieces it together into a 'map' of the area in front of the bat.  As a bat hones in on its prey these waves increase in frequency

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