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Meet the Ambassadors Introducing the new Grouse Grind Ambassadors... With the help of Columbia Sportswear we have launched our first year of the Grouse Grind Ambassadors program. We asked out to the Grind community, "Why do you Grind?" and were sent responses of every kind. Inspirational, recreational, charitable, you name it. With all these great responses, we were tasked to select only ten

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short hold active stretches. If it’s a cold day, keep a jacket on that you can tie around your waist or hand off to a friend on the side. 3.Practice the ABC’s of running at least 1-2x/wk. These are running drills that work on specific components of the running stride. “A” and “C” drills are particularly helpful for trail runners as they focus on picking up your feet, and having a quick turnover

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Early Bird Registration Ends Friday Register for the ClearlyContacts.ca Grouse Grind Mountain Run today We know you have had another busy summer full of heart-pumping and rewarding hikes on the Grouse Grind. With all the training you have been putting in, now is the time to really make it count at the ClearlyContacts.ca Grouse Grind Mountain Run on Saturday September 22. Early Bird registration

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long standing member of the Hummingbird Monitoring Network out of Arizona.  The Network stations all follow the same banding and monitoring protocols so that data from over 30 stations across Western North American can be collated and compared.  Overall it unfortunately appears that hummingbird numbers are slowly decreasing due to habitat loss and the loss of stopover migration sites.  Studies like

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bears go into hibernation as the amount of snow we typical get could damage the fencing.  After the bears wake up it typically takes anywhere from a couple weeks to a couple months to get the habitat back up.  This year's low snow pack allowed us to get the fencing back up quickly! Please come up and visit Grinder and Coola and see them explore the ponds, hills, trees and fields within their all

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snowshoe race of its kind in Vancouver and it is easy to see why snowshoeing is becoming the fastest growing winter sport. The Snowshoe Grind course offers an escape into the serene beauty of a natural winter playground that begins steps away from the Grouse Mountain Chalet. It then journeys through snow-topped trees to Dam Mountain on a challenging alpine trail before looping back to the Chalet.2013

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.  Glancing to my right I found myself staring face to face with a Northern Pygmy Owl sitting on our dish shelf. I think we were both surprised!  He had somehow entered the building and was looking for a way out.  It's not an uncommon part of my job to remove stray birds from buildings, but this is the first time I've had to help an owl back outside.  Without much ordeal I was able to pick-up the little guy

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Baby Steller's Jays Learn how to Forage on Grouse Mountain It's hard to believe it's almost July!  It's finally starting to feel like summer up here at the Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife.  The wolves are in their sleek summer coats, the bears are lounging around their entire 5.5 acre habitat and the Bird's in Motion team is flying their raptors every day.In addition to our work

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Y2Play Pass features special reduced rates for students, parents, youth, children, seniors and families. Since its inception during the 1999/2000 winter season, more than two million skiers and riders have enjoyed the exclusive benefits and steep discounts of Grouse Mountain’s Y2Play Pass which can be credited for helping create a new generation of skiers and riders in British Columbia. For a detailed

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This Day in History - July 13, 1954 In 1951, Grouse Mountain put in a chairlift to whisk skiers from the base of the mountain to the Grouse chalet. The chalet was owned by the Cromie family, which owned The Vancouver Sun, and the paper often carried ads promoting the chalet, the chairlift, and the free skiing lessons The Sun offered to its readers. In the summer, Grouse would lure the masses up

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