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Grind For Kids Interview: Ben Armstrong "My son Ben achieved his Grind For Kids goal of 35 today. Ben himself is a childhood cancer survivor and B.C Children's Hospital miracle. His best time this season was 38:54 (not bad for a kid who had to relearn to walk at age 3). Well done Ben!"Ben's mother, Colleen, posted this update on our Grouse Grind Facebook Page last week.Every person who helps

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the Vancouver premiere of Kurt Miller's 'The Movement' narrated by his father,  legendary ski filmmaker Warren Miller, and film icon Robert Redford. In addition, there will be a number of other great short films plus an informational session about the VASS yurt construction on Grouse Mountain, their fantastic programs and how you can volunteer with them this winter to make a difference here at the

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journey there is support. The Kafers did this as a couple, and with their 2012 Ascent for Alzheimer's team every step of the way, reached the summit of Africa's tallest mountain and have raised awareness of the Society and our cause to whole new heights," says Jean Blake, CEO, Alzheimer Society of B.C. The fundraising success of this year's Ascent team was no doubt buoyed by the Kafers' incredible

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people to support their programs. If you love to ski and want to give back, visit http://www.vass.ca/registration/

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Grinder and Coola Emerge from Hibernation! Resident Grizzly Bears emerge from their 9th hibernation Grinder and Coola, our two resident Grizzly Bears, have emerged from their 2009/2010 hibernation period at the Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife.This was their ninth hibernation - all have taken place at the Refuge. Grinder, being the bold, head strong bear, was the first to emerge and

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Thomas Haas Fine Chocolates Comes for a Snowshoe Fondue Let the snowball wars begin! We love it when other North Shore businesses make time to come to Grouse Mountain for team building or adventure days. The staff of Thomas Haas Fine Chocolates are regular visitors to the Mountain, in summer during Grind season and in winter for snowy fun. One day in January twenty-six of them decided to brave

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winters.  Unlike other squirrels and small rodents, Douglas Squirrels do not have cheek pouches to carry their food and must make more trips to establish a good cache.  A good way to detect the presence of a Douglas Squirrel nest or cache is to look for a large pile of cone parts underneath a tree! Our second subject today is the much smaller Townsend's Chipmunk, Tamias townsendii.  These guys have a

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Grouse Mountain Moment Contest - July 23 Congratulations to David Chew from Coquitlam David's Best Grouse Mountain story... "My best Grouse moment was when the download price was raised to $10. I used to only do the Grind once a week or so if that, so I thought the increase of price was a negative thing. However the increase pressured me to buy a pass and now I am going 3 times a week!!! If it

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champion mountain runner Jonathan Wyatt - was “beaten” is an understatement. Shaving 34 seconds off a world-class, 6-year record is better described with superlatives such as “annihilated” or “destroyed”. Says Salas of his astounding performance: “I was just trying for another fast time today. The last quarter was very fast for me; I didn’t really know how fast I could go. It’s kind of nice that the

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throughout the year and we can’t wait to welcome our visitors to these very special festivities.”For more information about Grouse Mountain’s Chinese New Year celebration, please click here.

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