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Corporate Adventure Training team and Mountain Patrollers to combine our skills and expertise whilst partaking in an Avalanche Emergency Scenario. The program targeted our group communication and tested a few new skills we picked up from the patrol team in the morning. My group focused on using avalanche beacons, another group worked with the probes and practiced their shoveling snow skills, and the third

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.  Overall they are pretty cute, but don't mistake good looks with friendliness - they also have the weasel's viciousness and lightening fast reflexes.  They are omnivores who prefer meat such as mice, voles, birds and squirrels but will also eat berries, nuts and eggs.  Pine Marten's can live in mixed growth forests but prefer coniferous forests with lots of trees to climb and stumps to live in (or under

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Our New Honeybees Have Arrived on Grouse Mountain! Today we had about 120,000 new guests on Grouse Mountain - 16 new hives of Honey Bees!Their arrival marks the expansion of our honey bee program and the arrival of our Small Wonder's summer starting this weekend.  The bee's will live here year round but of course will be most active in the summertime when they will pollinate our flowers and

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1700+ to Participate in Whistler Water One Climb We are pleased to host this event on Saturday, June 22nd. This fundraising initiative, developed in partnership with Free the Children, will see 1,700+ youth and community members climbing the Grouse Grind, having received pledges from friends and family to benefit clean water projects in Kenya. Our fundraising goal of $100,000 is in sight.Do you

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. I just like really enjoy sharing them with people. It still amazes me that so many people in Vancouver don’t know that there are orphaned grizzlies at Grouse Mountain. But I’m trying to change that, one picture at a time!" In honour of our Summer of Bear Discovery, we're currently holding an Instagram contest complete with weekly outdoor related prizes and a grand prize of a complimentary

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Take Your Romance to New Heights Valentine's Day 2015 at Grouse Mountain Photo: Melissa Baker / Bake Photography If you haven’t yet made plans for Valentine’s Day, not to worry – Altitudes Bistro is the perfect spot to share a special mountaintop meal with your significant other or a group of your closest friends. For just $85, enjoy our three-course prix fixe menu in an intimate alpine setting

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North Shore and has a responsibility to be a beacon of health for all our staff and visitors. All of Grouse Mountain is now smoke and tobacco free, and the realization of this long-awaited goal will further the good health practices recreation enthusiasts expect and value. Giving up tobacco use requires our support and understanding, and a variety of options are available to any staff member

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for the remainder of the 2013/14 and all of the 2014/15 snow seasons and introduces a student category at an amazing rate of $279. Other brand-new 2014/15 Y2Play features include a pre-loaded food and beverage credit and ten percent off food purchases, along with exclusive discounts on helmets, goggles and gloves.For just $359 at the adult rate, the 2014/15 Y2Play Pass continues to offer

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passholders receiving an extra 20% off the last ticket price. We will also be selling gently-used rental equipment including a selection of high performance skis and snowboards with bindings. The sale starts at noon on Friday, April 3rd and wraps up Sunday April 5th, at 4pm. Hop to it so you don’t miss out!

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Grinder and Coola Make Winter Bed and Prepare to Hibernate For the last couple weeks our two resident Grizzly Bears, Grinder and Coola, have been preparing to hibernate. With some good snow fall on the ground and temperatures regularly below zero degrees, the bears are now spending most of their days inside their den sleeping.In preparation for hibernation, Grinder and Coola went through

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