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Road to Seek the Peak Week 2: Marieve Legrand – A few thoughts on running, training and racing… Each week we’ll feature posts from special guests designed to help get you ready for the big day. From nutrition info, to training tips, to motivational stories – each post will have valuable info to support your journey, all the way to the Peak! Seek the Peak had been on my bucket list of races for

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species.  Last season we had a honey  bee camera and a nesting Barn Swallow camera.  This year we thought ourselves clever in getting our Swallow Camera up and in place well before the Barn Swallow's arrived in late April/early May.  We carefully placed the camera across from the nest that the pair had used last year - located on top of one of our mountaintop buildings and waited for the birds to arrive

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variety of activities from skiing and snowboarding to snowshoeing and skating as well as the annual 24 Hours of Winter celebration. “We were thrilled to see so many guests enjoying time with family on the Mountain in this action-packed long weekend” said Grouse Mountain’s Communications Manager, Julia Grant. “We were greeted with spectacular conditions for our Family Day activities which included a

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Grinder and Coola enter their upper pond habitat  Grinder and Coola, our two resident Grizzly Bears, entered their large summer Upper Pond habitat today for the first time in 2018.  This habitat is an increase from their hibernation area where they spent the winter this past year and when combined with the Lower Pond habitat in a couple weeks will represent the Grizzly Bears 5.5 acre summer

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is an early bloomer, this flower is a very important early spring food source for pollinators.  Our Honey Bees have just recently returned to the top of the mountain here at Grouse from their overwintering in the Fraser Valley.  When they arrived many of the flower shrubs had yet to bloom but the stout Dandelion could be seen everywhere.  The bees had a feast!The plant provides both pollen and

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Grouse Mountain Bees Migrate to Langley for the Winter Last week we moved our 15 bee hives from the top of the mountain out to a lovely farm site in Langley.  Our bees will spend the winter months here where it is warmer and where food will be available earlier in the spring.Once conditions on Grouse become favorable (and all of our massive amounts of snow from this winter melt!) the bees will

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#PlayMakers of Grouse Mountain Mountain Operations Next in our #PlayMakers of #GrouseMountain series we’re going to introduce you to some members of our Mountain Operations. This dedicated team is out there working hard behind-the-scenes because they love making Grouse Mountain a great place for you to play! Everything from shoveling snow to hauling supplies, maintaining the Skating Pond and

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of training.Seek the Peak 2017 – It’s May and the race is 5 weeks away! As I look up from my house to the Peak of Grouse Mountain, I can’t help but be in awe of how majestic those mountains look, even more so with all the snow they still have on them! I’ve hiked up the BCMC trail a few times in the last couple of weeks to get a sense of the amount of snow left, and let’s just say that it’s no

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Road to Seek the Peak Week 5: David Ridgeway of City Sports & Physiotherapy  Each week we’ll be featuring posts from special guests designed to help get you ready for the big day. From nutrition and training tips, to motivational stories – each post will have valuable info to support your journey, all the way to the Peak!Hello all! At last Wednesday's Seek the Peak training session, I gave a

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for an inspection of the tram lines to make sure everything’s running smoothly. Safety is always our priority; maintaining all the components and keeping them in perfect condition. You know your family and friends are taking the Skyride everyday – that responsibility is something we take incredibly seriously. Outside of our normal routine there’s always things that come up to keep the job

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