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Last Year's Champs Words of Gingerbread wisdom from Melanie Roy, one of last year's SOS Children's Gingerbread Village winning team members. The look and feel of your Gingerbread House was so polished, how many people on your team had baked and built gingerbread houses to this scale before?  My sister Silvie and I did all the baking and assembly. We’ve been baking together since we were little

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Mortimer the Missing Marmot A couple weeks back the North Shore News ran an article that told the saga of Mortimer Brown, a Yellow-bellied Marmot, who had taken up residence in urban West Vancouver. He was a long way from the bulk of his fellow yellow-bellieds, who normally inhabit the dry, rocky interior of British Columbia's Okanagan region. Every once in awhile, marmots are known to hitch

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Bears Enjoy Sun and Snow! Grinder and Coola are certainly enjoying these warm sunny days we have been seeing here at Grouse Mountain.  It can get quite hot under all that fur, but thankfully their habitat still has large mounds of snow left over from our extraordinary winter.  Grinder and Coola have dug deep snow caves and when they begin to get too hot they retreat into these cool abodes.  If

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The Peak of Christmas Gifts A Grouse Mountain gift-giving guide for everyone on your Christmas shopping list. Whether you are shopping for an Adventurer, a Foodie or a Fashionista this holiday, Grouse Mountain is your one-stop-shop. We've got brilliant gift ideas that will make you look like a shopping superstar. Pop into the Spirit Gallery for unique stocking stuffers or get that winter sport

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Victoria Duffield Headlines Whistler Water One Climb 2014 The 2014 Whistler Water One Climb is coming up on Saturday, June 14 and we are so excited about this incredible, fun-filled event…all in an effort to raise funds for clean water in Kenya!What makes climbing the Grouse Grind and raising funds even more amazing? How about pop star Victoria Duffield! She will be there to power you up the

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Watch Grinder and Coola End Their Slumber Here at the Peak of Vancouver, spring has officially arrived as our resident grizzlies Grinder and Coola have emerged from their winter-long nap to stretch their legs. The next time you visit Grouse Mountain, be sure to stop by their habitat. Click to watch the video of their emergence.Grinder and Coola have always enjoyed superstar status at Grouse

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Artists For Conservation Festival Grouse Mountain welcomes world-renowned nature and wildlife artists to the Peak of Vancouver from November 5 to13, 2011 For the first time, Grouse Mountain is teaming up with Artists for Conservation to bring some of the world's best nature and wildlife art to the Peak of Vancouver. From November 5 to 13, nature and wildlife artists, including world renowned

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Grind For Kids Interview: Ben Armstrong "My son Ben achieved his Grind For Kids goal of 35 today. Ben himself is a childhood cancer survivor and B.C Children's Hospital miracle. His best time this season was 38:54 (not bad for a kid who had to relearn to walk at age 3). Well done Ben!"Ben's mother, Colleen, posted this update on our Grouse Grind Facebook Page last week.Every person who helps

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We Have a Winner! The 2013 SOS Children's Gingerbread Village winner has been voted on and selected... Congratulations to "Patty's Girls" on winning the $1000 grand prize for our SOS Children's Gingerbread Village Challenge! There were so many incredible creations and in the end it came down neck-and-neck, but Patty's Girls pulled out the win.Here is a guest post from Melanie Roy of Patty's Girls

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Winter's back at Grouse Mountain Winter has come back like a lion to Grouse Mountain March 11, 2010, Grouse Mountain, North Vancouver, B.C. – With more than 40 cm of snow in the past 3 days and full on snowmaking, winter has returned with a vengeance just in time for March break. “Thanks to our snowmaking capability we were able to keep our terrain open all season long but the recent cold

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