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Mountain Closure Update The Skyride and mountaintop will be closed from October 17 – November 4 Please be advised that Grouse Mountain Resort will be closed for scheduled annual maintenance from October 17 – November 4, 2022.There will be no access to the Skyride and mountaintop facilities or activities during this time. Guest Services at the base will remain open daily from 9am-5pm. Starbucks at

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Happy Halloween - Grizzly Bear Style! bears vs pumpkins Just before we closed for our annual maintenance shut-down we had the opportunity to give two carved pumpkins, stuffed with yummy treats, to Grinder and Coola, our resident Grizzly Bears.We knew these wouldn't last long as the bears quickly found where we had placed them.  Grinder was the first to choose but as he took his pumpkin to move

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Y2Play Passes On Sale Now For the 2023/24 Winter Season! Prices go up March 14th Great news for skiers and riders – Vancouver’s best value snow pass is back!Ski/ride the rest of this season and all of next with a Grouse Mountain Y2Play Pass.A Y2Play Snow Pass gives you unlimited skiing and riding for the rest of this season, as well as all of next season with incredible benefits!Y2Play provides

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Reindeer Resting on Grouse Mountain Before Busy Christmas Eve Tropical layover A couple weeks back, two of Santa's Reindeer, Dancer and Vixen, appeared beside Santa's workshop on Grouse Mountain.  They had flown in from the North Pole for a bit of sunshine and some... tropical... temperatures (compared to the North Pole that is!).  Since then they've been enjoying an all inclusive stay with

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Hummingbird Monitoring Program 2023 A long term study The hummingbird banding station on Grouse Mountain has been in operation since 2005 running a long term hummingbird banding and conservation program.The conservation status of many different species of Hummingbirds has been in question for decades as researchers strive to learn more about these tiny wonders.The purpose of our monitoring

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Frozen watermelon treats to beat the heat Bears stay cool We often get asked how Grinder and Coola stay cool and beat the heat during our hot summer days and there are a couple of ways they do so!One is by doing lots of swimming in our ponds!  The other is by chowing down on some tasty icy treats provided by our wildlife caretakers.Just the other day they had a fun frozen watermelon encounter

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Grinder and coola emerge from their den 21st Hibernation comes to an end Today (April 28th) marked the end of Grinder and Coola's 21st hibernation period on Grouse Mountain!Both bears went into the den on November 8th, 2021, which was our earliest start to hibernation in their time here on Grouse Mountain. After 171 days in the den, they were sure excited to dig out and get into the all fresh

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Bears enter large upper pond habitat Grinder and Coola enter their Upper Pond Habitat for the first time this spring Bears enjoy being back in their familiar habitat Today we were happy to open up Grinder and Coola's large Upper Pond Habitat for the year. Our resident Grizzly bears emerged on April 28th into their small Hibernation Habitat while our team worked on clearing snow and preparing

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Bears Preparing For Winter Grinder and Coola have had a lazy end to the summer with some lingering warmth right into October!  But even during these warm weeks we've been holding in the back of our minds that winter is indeed coming.  About mid-September the bears also entered hyperphagia - a state of constant eating.  So far they have added on nearly 200 pounds to their summer weights!  They

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2021/2022 Winter Season Comes To An End Thank you for a great season! The 2021/2022 winter season has officially come to a close at Grouse Mountain. Thanks to a tremendous amount of snowfall and great conditions this spring, we were able to extend skiing and snowboarding until May 15th, once again providing the longest snow season on the North Shore. Season HighlightsFirst Snowfall – October 12

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