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snag it fast as these are the season's most popular items. Top Men’s Picks Picture Anton Anorak – stay dry, styling and sustainable. 20K waterproof using PVC free ecolite technology and recycled fabrics. Picture Track Pants – waterproof, sustainable and with great style. 20k waterproof using recycled polyester. Hestra All Mountain C Zone Gloves - keep your hands warm and dry in renowned gloves from

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Grouse Mountain Named Best Place to Take an Out-of-Town Visitor Winner in Georgia Straight's 2019 Best of Vancouver Awards A great big thank you to everyone who voted in the Georgia Straight's 24th annual Best of Vancouver awards. We're thrilled and honoured to be voted 'Best Place to Take an Out-of-Town Visitor' by you! The annual Best of Vancouver awards creates a portrait of Vancouver by

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all of their own when it comes to owls.  They are found on every continent except Antarctica (where it's too cold).  Cleo enjoys a warm indoor aviary to fly around in during the cold winter months and then moves to an open aired aviary outside for the summer. Odin - Barred owl Odin arrived here at Grouse Mountain on April 25th of last year as a little two week old chick!  We hand raised him to be a

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Hummingbirds Return for the Season Feeders up Last week we saw our first hummingbirds of the season up here on Grouse Mountain.  We track their arrival and departure each year as part of our hummingbird monitoring program.Since 2005 Grouse Mountain has been a member of the North American Hummingbird Monitoring Network - an organization dedicated to the study and conservation of

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Birds of Spring Return to Grouse Mountain Migration underway As March 21st and the advent of spring approaches we are noticing a few of our migrant bird species beginning to return to Grouse Mountain!Many songbirds fly south for the winter - the extent of their migration is dependent upon the specific species and their wintering requirements.  Some, like our Barn Swallows, have been known to go

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and empower young leaders to revolutionize mental health.” The 2019 Snowshoe Grind Mountain Run also celebrated some exceptional personal achievements. Shaun Stephens-Whale took top honours for the second consecutive year with a time of 27:06. Following in second place was Samuel Perrin at 31:14 and Ian Robertson rounded out third place with a time of 31:51. In the women's category, Keri McKenzie

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first made the Canadian Alpine Development Ski Team back in 2016. Sam's most recent accomplishment was becoming the first Canadian to make a podium finish at the 2018 FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships, taking second place - no small feat! Over the Christmas break, Sam spent a little time at home and got back to his roots out on the slopes at Grouse Mountain. We were thrilled to be able to

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Winter Gear Prep Tips for making sure your gear is ready to hit the slopes With the 2019/20 winter season just around the corner, now is the time to dust off those skis and snowboards. We stopped by our mountaintop rentals building to check in with Travis, one of the Rentals Supervisors, who shared some tips on making sure your gear is ready to go for snow.

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best way to raise and release the highly endangered Spotted Owls.  Then in June we received a young Great-horned Owl from a centre in Ontario where she was hand raised.Both owls are entering our ambassador program as part of our educational programs here at Grouse Mountain.  Each year over 25,000 school children visit Grouse Mountain to learn about wildlife and endangered flora and fauna.  As part of

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Bears stir a little more often... HIBERNATION UPDATEGrinder and Coola continue their 2019/2020 winter dormancy period and everything is going well.  With the longer daylight hours and slightly warmer temperatures we are seeing the bears stirring more often.  If you haven't checked it out yet there is a great time-lapse feature with our infrared bear camera - just click on the icon in the upper

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