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conditions on the trail are great. We’ve had beautiful spring conditions all week and might even see some snow this weekend. It’s a winter wonderland out there…particularly at the higher elevations.We’ve listened to your feedback and we’ve now made the majority of the trail two-way, so you’ll be able to go up one side of the trail and down the other with ease during the Grind Challenge.If you haven’t

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will take approximately a half hour to complete. “With plenty of new snow and excellent conditions at the Peak of Vancouver, the Snowshoe Grind Challenge is the perfect way to get outside and enjoy winter at its best,” said Grouse Mountain general manager Michael Cameron. “Snowshoeing is great fun for people of all ages and abilities and we can’t wait to welcome them to Grouse Mountain next

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difficulties so any help we can provide them goes a long way towards maintaining a healthy population. Also today, I wandered over to our hummingbird monitoring and garden area and saw at least four different female Rufous Hummingbirds buzzing around the feeders!  It is so great to welcome them back to the mountain as well. The Rufous hummingbird has one of the longest and most difficult migrations of any

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One Week Until Seek the Peak! June 15, 2013 June 15th is quickly approaching, and we’re excited to welcome solo runners and teams to the 2013 Seek the Peak presented by Columbia – the 10th anniversary of this extraordinary challenge. It will be an amazing day of accomplishment and camaraderie. Haven’t registered? There’s still time. We’re accepting online registration until Wednesday, June 12

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Birds in Motion finishes for 2011 This past Sunday marked the last of our Birds in Motion demonstrations for the 2011 season.  It seems like just yesterday that the birds were arriving and getting trained up for our demonstrations but here they are migrating East for the winter time.All of the demonstration birds spend the winter time at the Canadian Raptor Conservancy in Ontario where they get

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Vote For Your Favourite Golden Ticket Finalist Voting is open Mar. 18-27, 2013 Our $10,000 Golden Ticket contest entry period has closed and voting has begun. Congratulations to Paul, Gareth, Steph, Enzo and Sarah for making it to the final round! Also thanks to all the Y2Players who entered our biggest giveaway ever.Each of the five Golden Ticket finalists has starred in a short video making

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Grouse Mountain Moment Contest - July 26 Congratulations to Edmond Leung from Vancouver Edmund's Best Grouse Moment... Umm, my heart racing, my palms sweaty, a heightened sense of anticipation, fright, uncertainty, and yet fun. Now I am strapped on the zipline. This is a defining moments, a watershed that separates the man from the mouse. There is no turning back; it is do or die. My life

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successfully rescued Hosay in record time. We found him using my group's amazing beacon skills and another groups' probing and shoveling skills, and managed to give him an air hole within of 4 minutes of the avalanche. It took us only 22 minutes to then put him on a stretcher made by our first aid team and carry him out to where Patrol had transportation waiting to take him to safety. So if there are any

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the first time, this event has been moved to the evening to allow for Apres Celebrations in the mountaintop, Altitudes Bistro. “This race brings together both recreational and experienced snowshoe enthusiasts” says Jeff Silcock, Grouse Mountain Events Manager. “It is perfectly timed at the end of the season, and serves as a goal for our snowshoe clinic attendees to measure their progress.”  This

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Hello, winter. We've been expecting you. Heavy snowfall cleared for visitors journeying to Grouse Mountain March 10, 2010, Grouse Mountain, North Vancouver, B.C. – If the Olympics brought sunshine for our international guests then Spring Break has brought snow for locals. Vancouverites who dusted off the golf clubs earlier this month did so prematurely as it is still very much winter atop Grouse

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