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rotting wood and fallen leaf litter.  While feeding they will quite often 'flick' the wood and leaves around in search of prey, mostly bugs and insects like ants, and hence their name.  They have an incredible tongue which wraps right around their skull and can extend up to two inches outside of their bill.  They use this extra reach to grab small bugs from deep inside holes in the foliage. Flickers are

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Grouse Woods Now Open! Canada's First Natural Feature Terrain Park We're excited to announce the opening of Grouse Woods™ - our newest terrain park and the first of it's kind in Canada.Using recycled wood and snow, our Parks crew has created a fun new terrain park experience that we can’t wait to hit up. Current features available include a Wood Wall Ride, Pole Jam Log, Down Wood Log and a Flat

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Road to Seek the Peak  Week 4: Stacey Anderson Each week we’ll be featuring posts from special guests designed to help get you ready for the big day. From nutrition and training tips, to motivational stories – each post will have valuable info to support your journey, all the way to the Peak!When I finished my first 5km trail race in April 2014, the first words I uttered to friends at the finish

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Local Black-tailed deer out and about If you are walking around the top of Grouse Mountain this summer be sure to keep an eye out for our local Black-tailed Deer. We have seen several bucks (males) and also a couple does (females) with young following in stride.Black-tailed deer are sub-species of Mule deer and our local population are the Columbian variety. The males grow antlers but the

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New This Winter: Glades The snow is falling and we know you’re just itching to hit the slopes. We’ve even added some new areas for you to check out this winter. For the powder seekers, we’ve opened up some previously unavailable glade areas. Located through the tree islands between Expo and Centennial as well as on Peak, these are the spots to hit when you’re looking for those untouched powder

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Holiday Shuttle  Access overflow parking with the Holiday Shuttle Over the 2016 Holiday period, there are times when parking at Grouse Mountain may become tight. To ease access to parking, Grouse Mountain is running a Holiday Shuttle from Cleveland Dam Parking lot on busy days.Each day at 11am we will confirm whether the Shuttle will run on the next day. This information will be included in our

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Catching Up with Sam Mulligan Alpine Canada Athlete Sam is a busy guy, spending much of his time competing overseas with the Alpine Canada ski team or training closer to home for his next big event. As a member of the Grouse Mountain family and former Tyee Ski Club racer, we have been closely following his career and celebrating his accomplishments. Sam's certainly been a rising star since he

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Children’s Hospital Foundation. As the only sanctioned event to determine the record-holder for most ascents of the Grouse Grind® in a one-day period, the Multi-Grind Challenge saw a record 36 athletes seek their personal best while raising valuable funds for BC Children’s Hospital Foundation’s Grind For Kids program. Since its inception six years ago, Grind For Kids has contributed over $870,000 to the

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Grinder and Coola Awake from Hibernation A sure sign that spring has officially arrived at the Peak of Vancouver, our resident Grizzlies Grinder and Coola have emerged from their winter-long nap to stretch their legs. This was the bears’ 15th hibernation at the Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife and both Grinder and Coola celebrated their 15th birthdays while in hibernation. Click

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getting PAID to play on the sliding hill?! That’s freedom!” A bit sheepishly, as I knew that didn’t sound like a typical answer for most working parents, I replied “Yes”. His comment was “Best. Job. Ever!!” I grinned like a little kid as it dawned on me that I was getting paid to play today, and yes, I love my job. While we are educating students, our mandate is Safe, Fun, Easy. Safety is always

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