Search Results

Grinder and Coola Prepare for Winter Into the hibernation habitat Grinder and Coola have moved into their hibernation habitat - located at the rear of their main 5.5 acre summer habitat - in preparation for the incoming winter.  Both bears have spent the last two months in a hyperphagia stage which means they have been extremely motivated to find as much food as they can and bulk up.  Recently

https://www.grousemountain.com/posts/bears-prepare-for-hibernation

Happy New Year To our Grouse Mountain Community, As we come to the end of the year, I want to take a moment to reflect on both the unprecedented challenges we faced as well as the accomplishments we achieved together. Looking back to the beginning of 2020, the winter season was off to a fabulous start. Our annual Family Day celebration and 24 Hours of Winter were both great successes and we were

https://www.grousemountain.com/news/happy-new-year

Grinder and Coola Start Preparing for Winter bears gaining weight Grinder and Coola, our two resident grizzly bears, have started their weight gain for the winter.  As of about mid-September our bears have officially been in hyperphagia - a fancy Greek word literally meaning over-eating. This is a physiological state they enter in the fall where they become fixated on finding as much food as

https://www.grousemountain.com/posts/bears-gaining-weight

26.50 31.97 Mike Brazil 26.03 DQ Robert Canales 47.48 DNS Roy Chand 29.08 27.98 Pierre Chauty 27.38 27.09 Sam Clement 26.56 26.66 Cole Deyman 26.69 39.84 Kerr Feighan DNS 26.72 Kaiden Fisher 28.61 27.47 Michael French 27.33 27.13 Thomas Gregson 29.41

https://www.grousemountain.com/office-boys-results

Santa's ambassador reindeer arrive at grouse mountain This very morning on Grouse Mountain, with a clatter of hooves, two of Santa's reindeer, Dancer and Vixen arrived for our annual Peak of Christmas celebration.  Dancer and Vixen are here to represent Santa this year, since he is staying put at the North Pole (see Holly Snowflakes official update on Santa here).  They quickly settled into

https://www.grousemountain.com/posts/reindeer-arrive-for-peak-of-christmas

More Terrain Open As promised, we are opening up new terrain daily!  Mountain Highway, Upper Purgatory, Mid Blazes, Tyee Chute, Lower Buckhorn and Devil’s Advocate to Heaven’s Sake are now open. To ensure you’re prepared for your visit, please check current conditions and the status of activities before arriving at Grouse Mountain.See you on the slopes!

https://www.grousemountain.com/news/more-terrain-open-7a435de6-74c6-45ad-8ee0-ba58b4856a54

Daily Owl and Bear Talks Now On Owl interpretive sessions held four times daily We're happy to announce that Grouse Mountain has re-opened for business after a Covid-19 shut down.  Please remember to pre-book your skyride times ahead of time at : https://www.grousemountain.com/passholder-skyride-reservationsAs part of our new 2020 initiatives here at Grouse Mountain we are pleased to offer Owl

https://www.grousemountain.com/posts/owl-and-bear-talks

MORE TERRAIN OPEN Great news for skiers and riders! We're happy to share that with all new fresh snow in the past week, we've opened up some new terrain. Olympic Express Chair accessing Centennial, Deliverance, Expo and Side-Cut opened today. Along with The Cut, Paradise, Peak and Heaven Sake there is now terrain for everyone! Stay tuned as we'll continue to open new terrain daily.

https://www.grousemountain.com/news/more-terrain-open

Bears Enter Summer habitat for 2020 Season let the exploration begin! On May 8th our two Grizzly Bears, Grinder and Coola, entered their large summer habitat earlier than previous seasons.  The bears, awake and out of hibernation since April 21st, welcomed the opportunity to explore their familiar habitat and to play in the large mounds of snow that are still present.The new habitat includes

https://www.grousemountain.com/posts/bears-enter-upper-pond-habitat-2020

Hummingbirds Return for the Season Feeders up Last week we saw our first hummingbirds of the season up here on Grouse Mountain.  We track their arrival and departure each year as part of our hummingbird monitoring program.Since 2005 Grouse Mountain has been a member of the North American Hummingbird Monitoring Network - an organization dedicated to the study and conservation of

https://www.grousemountain.com/posts/hummingbirds-return