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Excavations to the Bear Habitat Underway! This week we began excavations to the Bear's hibernation habitat - the first area they access after they emerge from their winter's sleep.  The first stage is to get in there with the heavy machinery and remove the majority of the snow.  Our excavators and grooming machines have been working this week to remove the 15 feet of snow currently present in

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Grouse Mountain Moment Contest - July 20 We have a three-way tie today! Congratulations to Don Jamieson from North Vancouver Don's favourite Grouse Mountain moment was "I love Grouse Mountain and have spent many memorable hours skiing and hiking there. I've seen the logging show dozens of times and laugh just as hard every time. I've found treasures on your mountain over the years when hiking

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30 pounds of food each per day.  This will increase shortly to around 50 pounds a day.  The bears will be expected to put on an additional 20-30% of their body weight to prepare for winter.  This is anywhere from 150 to 300 pounds of extra bulk!Once we start to get much colder weather and the first snowfalls happen, we will taper off their food and then cut it off completely and this will trigger

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other shelter from the weather. Interestingly enough, while they used to also nest on cliff faces, they have come to rely on man-made structures and now nest exclusively on them. After hatching, young Barn Swallows grow quickly, with both the adult male and female birds feeding them, and after 18-23 days the young are ready to leave the nest. We've been watching one nest that was constructed on top of

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Grouse Mountain Moment Contest - July 14 Congratulations to Tyler Ingram from Vancouver! This photo of the snow-dusted mountain and city below was Tyler's best Grouse Mountain moment.

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admission to all that Grouse Mountain has to offer from 8pm until 6am, for all 17 days of the Olympic Winter Games, is provided with the the After Hours Pass.The latest conditions atop Grouse Mountain can always be found on grousemountain.com or by phoning the resort’s snowphone at 604.986.6262-30-

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while to spot them in their huge habitat, but they were very easy to find. We then head into the Wildlife Center to prepare their meal which is massive. They are fed 10 carrots, 10 apples (stickers off please!), 10 sweet potatoes and a large portion of dog kibble (to get some protein and vitamins). We put all the veggies into buckets and scattered them around the habitat, making the bears forage for

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Bears Still Snowed In! As if to say, Happy April Fools Day, more snow fell over the bear den and bear habitat.  We have begun to see a few signs of spring, but the snow has shown no sign of stopping.  Grinder and Coola's 'Bear Hotel' is still surrounded by over 15 feet of snow!  This makes it fairly dark inside, and when the boys have made their first exploratory journeys to the front part of

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A Winter Experience That Is Not To Be Missed The Snowshoe Grind Mountain Run Comes Back To Grouse Mountain This February  February 8, 2012, North Vancouver, B.C. - With an abundance of snow and sunshine hitting the Lower Mainland this past week there is no better time to announce that registration is now open for Grouse Mountain’s Snowshoe Grind Mountain Run taking place on February 25 at 10am

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Avid Grouse Grinders Raise a Mountain of Money for B.C. Children’s Hospital November 16, 2011, Grouse Mountain, North Vancouver B.C. - The Grouse Grind community came together this year for another great season on North America’s most hiked trail in an effort to raise valuable funds for B.C. Children’s Hospital. Grouse Mountain and B.C. Children’s Hospital are pleased to announce that the

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