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Grouse Mountain Grizzlies Emerge from Hibernation Grinder and Coola awake from 15th winter dormancy period at the Peak of Vancouver Following the arrival of beautiful spring weather, Grouse Mountain is excited to announce that resident Grizzly bears, Grinder and Coola have emerged from their winter hibernation period at the Peak of Vancouver. This concludes the bears’ 15th hibernation period at

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Young Barn Swallows have now Fledged Getting Ready to Migrate! A little while ago we brought news that our Barn Swallow Web Camera was not going to work as planned this year.  This was because instead of using the nest that the camera was focused on, the Barn Swallows decided to literally 'nest on camera' and built a nest right on top of our webcam!!!They built the nest really quickly (out of mud

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The Cut Opens Tuesday Afternoon! More terrain on the way later this week Mother Nature has delivered! With all this snow plus cold temperatures that allowed us to fire up snowmaking, we’re happy to announce that The Cut will be opening Tuesday afternoon at 2pm! We're also excited to check out the new Peak Glades which will be opening later today along with Devil's Advocate with access via Peak

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The Science of Sliding Grouse Mountain's Sliding Zone is the perfect blend of fun and learning On my way to work today I was chatting with my son (12) about what makes a field trip “great!” Fun, freedom and rides were his top three wishes. He asked what I was doing at work today, and I said I was being trained on our new Sliding Zone. He looked at me with shock and delight, and said “You are

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First Snow of the Season! What a way to start a Monday! This morning, we were greeted with the first snow of the season on the mountaintop. For today and Tuesday, temperatures are forecast to remain low, and we expect to see even more flakes fall. “Our winter preparations are underway, and we were stoked to see the blanket of white on the mountain this morning”, said Director Mountain

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First Hummingbird Monitoring Session of 2016 Yesterday we held our first hummingbird monitoring session of 2016 and it was an incredible day for early May!  The Grouse Mountain Hummingbird Monitoring Project was started in 2005 and was established as part of the Hummingbird Monitoring Network of western North America.  The goal of the project (and our local project) is to monitor the long term

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Ice Skating Pond is Now Open Winter has arrived at the Peak of Vancouver It's time to dust off your skates and hop on the Skyride, our mountaintop Ice Skating Pond is now open! Glide and spin in the fresh mountain air on the 8,000 sq. ft. surface. Ideal for a family outing or a romantic date night, access to the Skating Pond is complimentary with an Alpine Experience ticket, a Snow Pass or an

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keep enjoying your favourite runs all season long.  Meet Rory, now in his second season at Grouse Mountain and one of our dedicated snowmakers. Coming to us all the way from Scotland, he first honed his snowmaking skills at Scotland’s CairnGorm Mountain. You can find him here climbing tower guns on the Cut and working his snowmaking magic. “What I enjoy most about the job is the variety – plus the

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, first place honours went to Brooke Spence of North Vancouver with a time of 33:24. Coming in with a second place finish was Robyn Mildren of Vancouver with a time of 34:20 followed by Regina Vosahlo of Richmond with a time of 36:22 in third place. “We were excited to see a wide range of participants join us for a fun-filled morning on the Grouse Grind®,” said Race Director Lynn Chappell. “Today’s

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focus on innovation and development of tools for people to set and achieve fitness goals is a great fit for Grouse Mountain and more specifically, the Grind community.” said Grouse Mountain’s Senior Marketing Manager Ainslie Fincham. “We’re looking forward to sharing this exciting technology with our community through activations at a number of our on-trail events this summer.” Suunto will be

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