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main areas to focus on: flexibility, corestrength, and strength to support key joints (especially knees and hips). 1. Flexibility – Get limber! “Start with an effective warm-up, of 10-20 minutesof light cardio such as a gentle run or spin on a bike. Follow the warm-up with10-20 minutes of stretching that includes the whole body and focuses on the lowerbody. Move gently into each stretch and remember

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Thanks for a Great Winter A Look Back as Winter 2015/16 Comes to Close. What a great winter! With strong snowfall, great grooming and lots of clear days, as skiers and riders winter 2015/16 will go down as one of our favourites. We didn't limit the fun to skiing and riding, though. New for winter were the Sliding Zone and stunning Light Walk. Snowshoers and skaters also reveled in a wonderful

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only makes sense to enjoy it on a daily basis!At Grouse Mountain, we know and love our outdoor pursuits. Since we’re just 20 minutes out of downtown and easily accessible by transit, we’re close by, too! Our Annual Local’s Pass makes visiting Grouse Mountain all year long a cost-effective way to enjoy everything we’ve got to offer at the Peak of Vancouver – and until May 31st, we’re offering a 2015

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yourself with that new workout wear you’ve been eyeing from Outfitters or Essentials since passholders receive 20% off retail merchandise at both locations in addition to The Spirit Gallery. 4) Satisfy your sweet tooth at the Grouse Mountain Starbucks as an Annual Local’s Passholder, since you receive 20% off every time you show your membership. If a beverage or something savoury is what you fancy

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cardiology unit at BC Children’s Hospital. A new record was set at this year’s Multi-Grouse Grind® Challenge event as Ian Robertson of Vancouver completed 16 Grouse Grinds over the 19 hour period. This topped the previous record of 15 Grouse Grinds in one day set by Idar Karlsen during the inaugural Multi-Grouse Grind Challenge event in 2014. Tuesday’s event also saw a new female record set as Vancouver

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the best of winter here at the Peak of Vancouver.” What began in preparation for the NBC Olympic broadcast in February 2010, 24 Hours of Winter kicks off Saturday at 8:00 am and runs through 10:00 pm on Sunday with a variety of special activities including all-night skiing, snowboarding and ice skating; sunset, midnight and sunrise snowshoe tours; a spectacular torch parade; special aprés

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we are hopeful about the remaining season, and certainly optimistic about 2015/16, we have to acknowledge that our Y2Play offer this year must be shockingly good. We’ve constructed two Y2Play offers for 2015/16 – one for renewing pass holders, and one for new pass holders. Our renewal offer shows appreciation for loyalty, while our new pass holder offer incorporates additional value into a pass

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Grouse Grind™ trail,” said Julia Grant, Grouse Mountain Communications Manager. “With an exciting slate of events planned plus the start of the 7th year of the Grind For Kids program, the 2016 hiking season promises to be a celebration of fitness and philanthropy on ‘Mother Nature’s Stairmaster’.” One of North America’s most popular hikes, the Grouse Grind™ is a 2.9-kilometre trail that begins at the

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. They are two of eleven owl species found on the south coast of British Columbia. CLEO — BARN OWL Cleo, a female Barn owl, was born domestically in spring 2011. She was hand-raised at Pacific Northwest Raptors in Duncan, BC.You can tell she’s a Barn owl from her distinctive heart-shaped face, and her white and brown speckled body. Barn Owl FactsSpecies name? Tyto alba — from the Greek word tutu for

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Honey  Harvest 2017 marked our fourth year of having honey bees on Grouse Mountain.  The only change this year, however, is that we did not bring our bees and hives up to the top of the mountain due to a banner snow year and a very late snow pack.  We were concerned that food production in the form of flowers and nectar might be slow or delayed this year because we had snow on the ground into

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