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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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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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Celebrate Negroni Week 2017 7 Days. 3 Ingredients. 1 Simple Way to Give Back Join us in Altitudes Bistro or The Observatory as we celebrate Negroni Week from June 5 - 11. We are proud to once again be offering our special Mountain Twist Negroni. Mountain Twist Negroni1/3 Tanquery 10 1/3 Campari 1/3 Martini Rosso Assembled over ice with applewood smoked orange slice. A portion of the proceeds from

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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

https://www.grousemountain.com/news/family-holiday-gathering-package

Office Boys Coffee & Donuts Slalom Results Thanks to everyone who came out and rode with us on Saturday, March 23rd for Office Boys. We were super stoked to see so many of you out celebrating 25 Years of Grouse Parks. The results are in! Congratulations to all the winners.Female1st Place: Frederique Joncas2nd Place: Sara Niblock3rd Place: Kate MacmillanMale1st Place: Pierce Smith2nd Place

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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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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

https://www.grousemountain.com/posts/whats-happening-in-grouse-woods

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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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

https://www.grousemountain.com/posts/what-to-my-wondering-eye-did-appear