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1 – 10, there will be no upload or download access to/from the Mountain and all mountaintop activities and facilities will be closed. This will allow for major maintenance and winter preparation projects to be completed at a time of year when the Mountain traditionally experiences lower traffic. Grouse Mountain’s Guest Services and Essentials will remain open as well Starbucks located in the base

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Grinder and coola enter their lower pond habitat happy to explore For the first time in 2018, Grinder and Coola, our two resident Grizzly Bears, were given access into their 2.5 acre Lower Pond Habitat to explore.  Due to some needed repairs, this section of their habitat was closed a bit longer than anticipated.  This delay, however, has allowed the grass a chance to grow quite long and for

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Hit The Trends This Winter With winter just around the corner and the cold weather sneaking in, don’t wait until the last minute to get all bundled up. This season, get in touch with your wild side as you ski down the hill in style wearing some of the latest trends. Take a bit of inspiration from fashion runways to hit the slopes in style! ANIMAL PRINTS The winter catwalk designs are in and

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Tips for Cohabitating with the Wildlife Around Us Happy Friday! For our last day of Wildlife Week we wanted to give you some tips and suggestions for the best way to cohabitate with the wildlife living around us. In Greater Vancouver we are blessed to live right next door to the wilds. This also means there is plenty of opportunity for the wilds to come into our yards and homes. Here are

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120,000 Black Bears. It may surprise you to know that Black Bears are omnivorous and feed mostly on vegetation. They can be seen foraging for berries, grasses, nuts and other plant matter which comprises 80% of their diet. That being said, if a good chance for a meat meal such as fish or venison comes along they won't turn it down! Black bears have an amazing sense of smell and can find food from

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the Mountain. There’s no better way to enjoy a day or evening on the slopes than with a friend. Y2Play passholders are invited to extend the fun Y2Play offers to a friend. Friday, February 15th is Y2Play Bring a Friend for Free Day.  It’s simple. Text, message, or call a friend. Tell them you want to treat them to a free day or evening of skiing or riding at Grouse Mountain. As long as your friend

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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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Helping Hummingbirds It's National Wildlife Week in Canada and to help celebrate the diversity of wildlife on Grouse Mountain we will be posting different blogs throughout the week to highlight some of our wonderful wild animals found around Grouse Mountain and Vancouver and ways that you can help them out from home!Today we'll start with the amazing hummingbirds.  On Grouse Mountain we see two

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habitat.  The newly opened area is still full of snow but also has emerging grasses, which the bears fed on, and a couple of deep ponds, which the bears swam in! Both bears enjoyed a good swim a thorough washing of their coats.  During the winter months the bears do not bath and the dust can build up in their fur.  In their hibernation habitat they have some snow to roll in but once they got into their

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On the Move - Spring Migration Today as part of the National Wildlife Week let`s look at a currently ongoing phenomenon - migration!  Many bird species and some mammals as well (most notably bats) will migrate in the fall when days are getting short, weather is getting colder and food is more scarce.  The distance and timing of the migration varies a lot from species to species and can be as

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