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Help Kids with Every Step What is Grind for Kids? The popularity of the Grouse Grind is undeniable. In the Lower Mainland, over 100,000 people take to the trail every year and by leveraging this enthusiasm for the hike - the annual Grind For Kids campaign aims to raise funds for B.C. Children’s Hospital.Grinders are encouraged to sign up and ask friends, family and co-workers to pledge $1 or

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educate the public and increase the awareness of the plight of the North Spotted Owl. Fewer than 25 reportedly live in the wild in British Columbia, with over half of these currently in a breeding program. Grouse Mountain has helped to care for, raise and house young Spotted Owls in conjunction with the Mountain View Conservation and Breeding Center over the past number of years with some successful

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Grouse Mountain Moment Contest - Aug. 5 Congratulations to Sacha DeVoretz from North Vancouver Sacha's Best Grouse Moment was... I am the biggest fan of Grouse mountain in all seasons. One of my favorite memories is a photo attached with this email. I love Grouse mountain in the summer time when I am doing the Grind and can view through the trees the city as I approach the 3/4 mark, as the years

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Black-tailed Deer call Grouse Mountain home Every year in the spring and summer, dozens of Black-tailed Deer (Odocoileus columbianus) inhabit the slopes of Grouse Mountain.  These deer spend their days grazing on the grasses and shrubs that coat our open spaces such as ski-runs.  The most common time to spot them is in the early morning or late evening when they are most active.  During the

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what separates you from the herd. Wages need to be competitive, but that’s not what draws applicants. Give a new employee a future in the tourism sector, now you’ve got something.” Another factor that will weigh heavily on the success of this year’s Career Fair is the comparatively accessible employment climate for foreign workers. With key deficits in the Food & Beverage and Ski Instructor

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take advantage of 24 hours of winter sports. In celebration of the 2 year countdown to 2010, Grouse Mountain will leave all of its winter facilities open all night long. Skiing, riding, snow shoeing, ice skating, theatre in the sky, dining and shopping will be fully operational. “This is our way of celebrating this once in a lifetime event,” says General Manager, Michael Cameron. “On February 9th

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was followed shortly by Coola (shown above).After a little over four months in hibernation, the bears were ready to rumble and immediately started to run and play in the snow. It's always one of their most energetic days of the year and for the rest of the afternoon Grinder and Coola were seen wrestling each other or rubbing their coats, dirty from hibernation, in the clean snow. Of course, they are

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arrived now could I?Friends like these…As we drove up to the parking lot, I found myself nervous. I hadn’t ran with Graham since we did the Nike Women’s Marathon for charity many years before and I definitely was not in the same shape nor had the same body to work with as I did back then. Not to mention this is a man that has since started a running group that plans to run 230km in Costa Rica raising

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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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focus their own snowmaking efforts on runs to be used for official purposes next month, leaving skiers and riders out of luck longer than anticipated.Grouse Mountain’s renewed downhill operation comes on the tail end of three consecutive years of banner winters, both for earliness of opening as well as for cumulative snow depth. This season started remarkably early as well, but was beset by a fleeting

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