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know how gruelling it can be,” West said to crowd applause. “We all have a responsibility to lend a helping hand to someone who needs it, and today we’ve shown that changing the world can be fun too.”The inspiration for Whistler Water One Climb came after Grouse Mountain President Stuart McLaughlin joined a Free The Children “water walk” in Kenya last summer.“When you have to carry water from the

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in our series of #PlayMakers. He likes long walks on the beach and… just kidding. Brad is our Assistant Patrol Manager and has been working winters at the Mountain for the last 11 years. After starting out as a liftie Brad quickly moved onto the patrol team and has been skiing lines and keeping us safe ever since. “Who wouldn’t love a job where you get fresh tracks every morning?” “My day starts

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States (he had a long residency at the Camelback Inn in Scottsdale, Ariz.). The 86-year-old was born in Venice, Italy and immigrated to Canada in 1950. His first local gig of note was at The Penthouse nightclub in 1951; his last was at Ciao Bella restaurant in the West End. In the late 1950s, Sartorello also appeared in one of Vancouver’s most unusual TV shows, Night Cap. CBC archivist Colin Preston

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ascents of his record-setting 15 Grinds in one day that he set during last year’s inaugural event. A familiar face on the trail, Karlsen has completed 887 lifetime Grinds to rank eighth in the all-time standings. Hot on his heels was Atessa Marashi whose 11 Grinds were a personal best in her first-time Multi-Grouse Grind Challenge. Participant Amy Tso also came in with 11 Grinds on the day.After

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out faster than ever, making this the largest Y2Play in history.“We are incredibly proud of our Y2Play pass,” says Marketing Manager, Chris Dagenais. “For the past 4 months, we have seen the highest snow sport participation in Grouse Mountain history. The Y2Play campaign is accomplishing its initial goal of making winter sports accessible to all.” Y2Play passes entitle holders to enjoy unlimited

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some Irish folk the day after they landed in Vancouver on a one year work visa. It was the middle of December, clear, dry and fabulous. It was their first time in Canada and the drive up and whole experience was a Winter Wonderland for them. Took an American guy up in the winter who had never seen snow let alone been ice skating. Strapped some skates on him and sent him on his way! Rubbing elbows

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Bears Enjoy First Food of the Year On Wednesday, April 18th, Grinder and Coola, our two resident Grizzly Bears, enjoyed their first feed of 2012. Over the last two weeks Grinder and Coola have become increasingly active and showed all of the signs of being out of hibernation.  Once we are sure of this and are close to having their outdoor habitat ready we begin to help the bears get their

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Picture Yourself Working Here Now hiring for all winter positions Winter is on its way here at Grouse Mountain and now is your opportunity to land a job that gets you out of the office and on to the slopes! From greeting our guests with a smile at guest services to serving up tasty fare in our restaurants to encouraging a new skier in their first-ever lesson, we’re looking for exceptional talent

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remained mostly asleep.The last week of February was unusually warm and the bears stirred enough to prompt us into starting the fenceline of their Hibernation Habitat (the area directly outside of the bear hotel and the first section of habitat we put up each year). But, as it's want to do, as soon as we started on the fence, the snow came fast and hard. We had to delay fence construction, but it did not

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Grinder and Coola Enter Their Lower Pond Habitat! Last Wednesday, Grinder and Coola, our two resident Grizzly Bears, entered their Lower Pond Habitat.  This section represents the completion of their summer habitat and gives them an area a little over 5 acres in size to explore and play in.  With some new territory opening up, they immediately went into exploration mode and checked out what was

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