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barn owl, Tyto, who just overcame a battle with a near fatal fungal lung infection. “It looked so serious that we didn’t have much hope that he would survive actually,” said Grouse Mountain veterinarian Dr. Ken Macquisten.Tyto wasn’t eating, lost a lot of weight and had great difficulty breathing.“Even though we got the diagnosis we weren’t 100 per cent sure that he would respond still to the

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24 Hours of Winter a Resounding Success Thousands take advantage of unique round-the-clock skiing, snowboarding, ice skating, and snowshoeing. February 10, 2008. Grouse Mountain, North Vancouver, B.C. – At 2am this morning, Grouse Mountain’s alpine area reached the height of its overnight traffic with nearly 2,000 skiers, riders, skaters and snowshoers. The collected crowd of snow sports

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-shinned Hawk is the smallest Hawk species in Canada and the United States.  It weighs between 90 grams (small Male) and 250 grams (large Female) and lives in dense forest, hunting small songbirds and rodents.  It is a 'pursuit hunter' that ambushes it's prey and is deadly accurate with its acrobatic flight through the dense tree branches (when fully trained that is!).  Sharpies suffered during the DDT

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24 Hours of Winter celebrates Olympics Experience around-the-clock alpine activities at Grouse Mountain Grouse Mountain, North Vancouver, B.C. – The one-year anniversary of the most inspiring and anticipated event in British Columbia’s history will be celebrated for 24 consecutive hours at the Peak of Vancouver. Get ready to celebrate and play even more from February 12-13, in honour of the 2010

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that has been a synonym for high performance technology of ropeways and snow groomers since 1888.“It was an outstanding team effort starting from design to manufacturing through installation that made this dream come true - a unique MW-class turbine on top of Grouse Mountain,” said Anton Seeber, CEO of Leitwind. “My gratitude goes to all the extraordinary people around the world who believed in this

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Artists For Conservation Festival Returns To Grouse Mountain The second annual AFC Festival takes place October 13 to 21, 2012 at the Peak of Vancouver Starting October 13 2012, Grouse Mountain is pleased to once again play host to the Artists for Conservation Festival (AFC) bringing the world’s leading conservation- themed exhibit of original nature and wildlife art to the Peak of Vancouver. The

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the fun. Their favourite part of the event was snowboarding at sunrise. In front of the chalet there was a group of experienced snow sculptors creating a fantastic display for the upcoming Family Day and Valentine's celebrations. It takes a team of eight men, two days to create the snow marvels. The team has been carving snow and ice, since 1991 and has traveled the globe sharing their love of snow

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The North Shore's Longest Winter Season Just Got Even Longer (April 27, 2012) Winter continues at The Peak of Vancouver with a new tube park!  NOTE: As of June 2012, the Tube Park is not available.Mother Nature did not disappoint this winter at the Peak of Vancouver delivering over 11 meters of snow to Grouse Mountain during the course of the season. With an impressive base still on the slopes

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-inflammatory medication daily. Beta recently stopped eating so medicating was no longer reliably possible. Beta was sedated last week and taken to an off-site facility for a full veterinary evaluation. Sadly, blood tests and radiographs revealed the presence of new tumours in his left shoulder and his lungs. The condition was un-treatable and so for his own sake we took the decision to say goodbye to an

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: 4pm-5pm Autographs and photos with Karen: 2:30-3:30 Ice Show: Dec. 165:30pm-6:15pm This event is a new addition to Grouse Mountain’s Peak of Christmas Celebrations and is sure to become a holiday tradition.

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