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The Snowshoe Grind Challenge Is Coming Up Join us Saturday, March 15, 2014 The third-annual Snowshoe Grind Challenge is just two weeks away, so you know what that means: time to put those New Year's resolutions in motion! Whether you’re looking to test your skills against other participants or simply want to start 2014 on the right foot, the Grouse Mountain Snowshoe Grind Challenge is a fun

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Artists for Conservation Festival Takes Flight with Birds of Prey at Grouse Mountain BC Conservation Symposium to take place on Thursday, October 3 On September 27, several of the world’s top nature and wildlife artists will gather to sketch live birds of prey at the opening gala for the third annual Artists for Conservation Festival on Grouse Mountain. The original art pieces will be auctioned

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Happy Birthday Grinder and Coola! Bears Turn Twelve Years Old! In 2001, sometime in January or possible early February, Grinder and Coola were born in the British Columbia Wilderness.  Grinder was born somewhere outside of the town of Invermere and Coola was born up near Bella Coola.  When they were born they only weighed in at around one pound!  Like most newborn Grizzly Bears, Grinder and Coola

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B.C. couple in their 80s break records by reaching the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro  October 3, 2012.Vancouver, B.C. - Local hiking enthusiasts Esther and Martin Kafer have successfully reached the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro, making them the oldest couple - 84 and 85 years old - known to have achieved this feat! The couple embarked on the trek up 19,354 ft. on Africa's tallest mountain as part of

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offer great vantage points.Flickers lay 3-6 eggs and incubate them for 11 to 13 days before the young birds hatch.   After hatching, the young will stay in the nest for up to 28 days (4 weeks) before fledging and leaving the nest to follow the adults around and learn foraging behavior.  At the moment we estimate the birds in this nest, three of the little guys, to be about three weeks or three and a

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Bullying Stops Here. On Feb. 27 the Peak of Vancouver is going pink Pink Shirt Day is a nationwide anti-bullying campaign that was started by two high school students from Nova Scotia who were standing up for a student that was being bullied. You can read more about their story at the Pink Shirt Day website.Grouse Mountain is proud to support this anti-bullying initiative by going pink on

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about these remarkable creatures! Bees are an amazing, integral part of our ecosystem and, as key pollinators, they are vital to food production and vegetation. Learn more and book your Beehive Tour today.Note: Hive Tours concluded in summer 2016.

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Guess Our Opening Date For a Chance to Win! What day will we open for the 2013/14 season? Have a knack for guessing games? Does your heart start beating faster at the sight of the first snowfall? If you answered ‘yes’ to those two questions, then you just might want to enter our Opening Date contest! Predict what our 2013/14 Winter Season Opening Day will be and if you’re correct, you'll be

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course in the name of personal achievement and philanthropy. Seek the Peak challenges participants to take on the strenuous course alone or as part of a relay team. With every step, valuable funds are raised for the BC Cancer Foundation’s lifesaving work in the fight against breast cancer. This year’s Seek the Peak title goes to Damien Humbert with a time of 1:22:01 followed by Brooke Spence as the

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11th year, Seek the Peak presented by Columbia challenges participants to tackle the course alone or as part of a relay team. With every upward step, valuable funds are raised for the BC Cancer Foundation’s lifesaving work in the fight against breast cancer. With a record-setting time of 1:23:37, this year’s Seek the Peak title goes to Victoria’s Shaun Stephens-Whale with the lead female, Kim Magnus

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