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Santa's Reindeer Fly in from the North Pole in time for Peak of Christmas Dancer and Vixen to be his Grouse Mountain representatives this year! Early on Wednesday morning this week we heard a clatter outside the Chalet as two of Santa's Reindeer, Dancer and Vixen, suddenly landed on the Grouse Mountain helipad!  Our Wildlife Rangers were the perfect hosts, of course, and guided them to their

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#PlayMakers of Grouse Mountain Mountain Operations Next in our #PlayMakers of #GrouseMountain series we’re going to introduce you to some members of our Mountain Operations. This dedicated team is out there working hard behind-the-scenes because they love making Grouse Mountain a great place for you to play! Everything from shoveling snow to hauling supplies, maintaining the Skating Pond and

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Snowfall Accumulation Keeps Adding Up 11 cm in the last 12 hours This winter season just keeps getting better, and skiers and riders are rejoicing. As of 2:00pm on February 13th, Grouse Mountain has received 11 cm of fresh snow, for a total of 525 cm so far this season.Over the next few weeks there are a mix of weather systems expected, bouncing the freezing level around. Additional periods of

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odd midnight snowball fight with the guys doesn’t hurt.” “A normal shift for us starts by getting geared up and checking in with the team on the previous shift so we know what’s been going on. We’ll check the weather and make a plan for the day then the team usually divides up into different areas on the Mountain. From that point on we’re out, turning snow guns on or off depending on the weather

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Gingerbread Village Challenge Calling All Bakers and Pastry Chefs! Grouse Mountain and SOS Children’s Village are partnering during the Peak of Christmas to create a special SOS Children’s Gingerbread Village. We are looking for professional and aspiring bakers and pastry chefs to help build unique gingerbread houses that will be on display in the Grouse Mountain chalet from November 27-January 1

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Seek the Peak:  Nicole's training diary Week 4 As your training increases and the days become warmer, it is important to start thinking ahead about accessories and nutrition for Seek the Peak. This past weekend I returned to Nancy Greene Way - though this time, I returned on my road bike. My training session for this weekend included a cycle from Downtown Vancouver to the base of Grouse Mountain

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Win Big! #ggmr25 Contest It's the Grouse Grind Mountain Run's silver anniversary, and we want you to win big! The count down to the 25th-Annual Clearly.ca Grouse Grind Mountain Run is on, and we want to thank you for 25 great years in celebration of our silver anniversary. From now until the big race on Sunday, September 13th, we will be posting a series of questions and challenges on facebook

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Fun and Accomplishment Celebrated at the Annual Snowshoe Grind Mountain Run Snowshoers of all ages enjoy a morning on the trail at the Peak of Vancouver (North Vancouver) This morning atop Grouse Mountain, a crowd of enthusiastic snowshoers filled the starting gate for the 6th Annual Snowshoe Grind Mountain Run. Last week’s snowfall provided excellent conditions on the 5 kilometer route that

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Grinder and Coola enter their upper pond habitat  Grinder and Coola, our two resident Grizzly Bears, entered their large summer Upper Pond habitat today for the first time in 2018.  This habitat is an increase from their hibernation area where they spent the winter this past year and when combined with the Lower Pond habitat in a couple weeks will represent the Grizzly Bears 5.5 acre summer

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Santa's Reindeer Spotted on Grouse Mountain! Last weekend we were joined here on Grouse Mountain by two of Santa's very own reindeer!!  Each year we are lucky to have some of their time as they get ready for their big night on Christmas Eve.  This year we have Prancer and Dancer visiting us for The Peak of Christmas.Dancer and Prancer are two male reindeer who are slightly larger than some of

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