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visiting Santa in his workshop (until Dec. 24th), meeting his real reindeer, checking out Elf Headquarters, taking a spin on our mountaintop skating pond, whizzing down the Sliding Zone or wandering through the magical Light Walk.With all these activities you're sure to work up an appetite. Warm up in the Chalet with a special holiday meal in your own private room. The best part is, we'll take care of

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Prepare for Lift Off! Summer of Flight Starts This Weekend We’re excited to kick off our Summer of Flight activities this long weekend at the Peak of Vancouver. Watch our flying feathered friends spread their wings and show their skills at the updated Birds In Motion Demonstration. See if you can spot one of our many resident species of birds on a Guided or Self-guided Bird Watching Tour. Get

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and abilities can have some fun. We checked in with Marcus, our Terrain Park Manager about what you can expect from Canada's first natural-feature based terrain park, located on Buckhorn. "We've currently got our three permanent wood features in place, which include a wall ride, a log pole jam and a flat log. We also have some movable round log features, a rainbow log and picnic tables scattered

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population numbers of hummingbirds with a focus on the Rufous Hummingbird.The project involves gently catching hummingbirds as they come to the feeder, taking some measurements, looking at the overall health of the birds, placing a very lightweight band on their leg (each band only weighs 5/100's of a gram!) and releasing the bird on its way.Normally we'd expect to get just a few hummingbirds in the early

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Santa's Reindeer Fly in from the North Pole in time for Peak of Christmas Dancer and Vixen to be his Grouse Mountain representatives this year! Early on Wednesday morning this week we heard a clatter outside the Chalet as two of Santa's Reindeer, Dancer and Vixen, suddenly landed on the Grouse Mountain helipad!  Our Wildlife Rangers were the perfect hosts, of course, and guided them to their

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Mother's Day Crafts We all know how much mothers deserve recognition, especially on Mother’s Day, and what better way to show her that you care than to set some time aside and create a special DIY craft together at home! There are all sorts of different projects you can choose from online which are tailored to children (and adults!) of all ages. Just in case you need a little inspiration, here’s

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SHOES.COM and Grouse Mountain Announce Three-Year Partnership Vancouver-Retailer Named Official Footwear Partner SHOES.COM, Canada’s leading online footwear and apparel retailer and Grouse Mountain, Vancouver's premiere four-season recreation destination are pleased to announce a three-year partnership naming SHOES.COM as Grouse Mountain’s Official Footwear Partner. The partnership will kick-off

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#PlayMakers of Grouse Mountain Steve - GMR Millwright Finishing up our series on the #Playmakers of Grouse Mountain we’ll take a look into the world of millwrights. More specifically, we’ll find out what it’s like to keep Grouse Mountain’s iconic Super Skyride running smoothly.  Meet Steve, part of the Lift Operations team and one of our millwrights responsible for maintaining both the Red and

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28 more times. For the next year, Seek the Peak was the goal I was working towards. I was the 20th person to register for Seek the Peak and I'd also signed up for the training clinic, which was a huge step for me because all of my training had been in the gym and mostly on my own. The first night was just a large group of unfamiliar faces. We were introduced to the "pacers" and I'm not going to lie

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4,100 ft climb. But, as the run drew closer I realized I needed additional support so I reached out to my closest friends and family to be my cheering squad on race day, to help bring me through the finish line. On race day I awoke to a glorious, sunny day. Feeling somewhat anxious and jittery I powered up with a good breakfast and headed for the start. The flats of Ambleside were filled with nervous

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