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Hiwus Program The híwus Feasthouse is the meeting place, to enjoy a full day of vivid legends, songs, dances and crafts. Step into an authentic Pacific Northwest Longhouse and let a Squamish First Nations Elder take you back in time to discover the traditional way of life of our First Nations people. Our guides will greet your group at the Valley Station and escort you to the mountain top

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Self Guided Visits Explore the Mountain with your Students Explore Grouse Mountain at your leisure. Self-guided education tickets include a range of mountaintop activities for your students to enjoy. Self-guided school group pricing is available for advanced bookings only. Bookings must be made at least 3 business days in advance. Rates do not include a guide and apply only to school groups of

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Grinder and Coola emerge from 20th Hibernation Longest Hibernation Today marks the end of the longest hibernation period yet at Grouse Mountain for our two resident Grizzly Bears - Grinder and Coola. They went into their den and sleeping chamber on November 10th, 2020 and emerged today on April 29th, 2021. This is a period of 170 days and beats the previous record of 153 days set in 2017

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Grinder and coola enter 21st hibernation Grinder and Coola, the two Grizzly Bear inhabitants residing at our wildlife refuge, entered their 21st hibernation/winter period here on Grouse Mountain today - November 8, 2021.  This marks their earliest entry into hibernation yet - beating their previous record of November 10th set just last year in 2020.Last year they had a record long dormancy of

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Bears enter their lower pond habitat new territory to explore Today Grinder and Coola, our two resident Grizzly Bears, entered their Lower Pond habitat for the first time since September 2019.  This completes their 5.5 acre habitat and gives them a new chunk of forest and a new pond system to explore.Last summer we decided to give the habitat a chance to regrow and refresh the plant life.  This

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Grinder and coola enter their upper pond habitat Bear habitat expanded Today marks the entrance of Grinder and Coola, our two resident Grizzly Bears, into their 2.5 acre Upper Pond Habitat for the first time in 2021.  Both bears emerged from hibernation this year on April 29th and have spent the last three weeks in their Hibernation Habitat as we prepared part of their larger space.  Each year

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Bears Enter Summer habitat for 2020 Season let the exploration begin! On May 8th our two Grizzly Bears, Grinder and Coola, entered their large summer habitat earlier than previous seasons.  The bears, awake and out of hibernation since April 21st, welcomed the opportunity to explore their familiar habitat and to play in the large mounds of snow that are still present.The new habitat includes

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What to Expect for the 2020/21 Winter Season A message from Grouse Mountain President, Michael Cameron As we enjoy the final days of summer, the excitement starts to build as we begin counting down to opening day of the 2020/21 Winter Season. Like you, I am excited for the snow to fall and for a fantastic winter season ahead. Early winter forecasts are looking very positive for us on the North

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Grinder and Coola Enter 2019/2020 Hibernation Period Today we bid Grinder and Coola, our two resident Grizzly Bears, a fond winter sleep as they officially enter their 2019/2020 hibernation period.  For the past couple of months they have been preparing for this day - they entered hyperphagia (which literally means pigging out!) and started to eat more and more food in early September and as the

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