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Coola in their natural five acre habitat.  Hundreds of thousands of school children have attended our formal Grizzly Bear curriculums and come away with a greater understanding and respect for bears and wildlife in general.These are exciting times for the Refuge and the next 10 years hold a lot of promise as we expand our programs and work to deliver world class interpretive programs for our visitors

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Seek the Peak: Genevieve's story Learn why this Vancouverite is tackling the 16-km course 1. Why are you getting involved in Seek the Peak? Seek the Peak is a great challenge to test your strength; it's a fundraiser for a great cause, so it makes it quite easy to want to participate. Moreover, Seek the Peak features one of the hardest challenges in Vancouver in the Grouse Grind. I feel that if

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decision. Here I was, wanting to do 16km race with 4100ft of elevation gain, when I had just finished a 5km, where my biggest takeaway was "I hate hills". I did my first Grouse Grind a couple of weeks later. It took me 1:57 and at the top, my friend asked, "Still want to do Seek The Peak?". My answer was, "I don't know...", but I did know! I was back the next day, and through the summer I did the Grind

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range of ages and fitness levels. My team 'The Golden Glen's' consists of myself and my two boys aged 8 and 10 and as they never got to meet their Grandma, it's a way of annually making her a part of our lives. We've signed up for the training sessions which are full of camaraderie and great advice from a host of professionals about how to prepare yourself and optimize your fitness for the run. Hats

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, we might add) on November 15th, we were stoked for the season ahead. So much so, that whenever the snow did fall our Groomers did a whole lot with very little. Our amazing Mountain Operations team has reached deep into their bag of tricks this season harvesting snow, moving snow, tarping and trenching. If it allowed us to open terrain or keep terrain open, I guarantee you it’s been done and is

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barn owl, Tyto, who just overcame a battle with a near fatal fungal lung infection. “It looked so serious that we didn’t have much hope that he would survive actually,” said Grouse Mountain veterinarian Dr. Ken Macquisten.Tyto wasn’t eating, lost a lot of weight and had great difficulty breathing.“Even though we got the diagnosis we weren’t 100 per cent sure that he would respond still to the

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strapping on those skis, snowboards, skates and snowshoes before you know it! We’re getting our downhill runs ready for the seasonOn our side, we’ve been doing a little digging and maintenance as we get our downhill runs ready for the 2014/15 snow season including work on Devil’s Advocate, Purgatory and Hades, with Blazes and Upper Limits to be wrapped up later this fall. This brush cutting and overall

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down a steep and open mountainside. This image bears little resemblance to a typical hiking trail on the North Shore and there lies the problem.To get a snow avalanche, we need three things: a moderately steep slope, the right snow conditions and a trigger. 1) Most frequently, avalanches happen on slopes between 30 and 45 degrees or the equivalent of a blue or black diamond ski run. The beautiful

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Busy Week Leads up to Summer Opening Weekend Last week was full of preparations getting ready for our first long-weekend full of summer activities.The Birds in Motion have now arrived and are flying in their demonstrations at 1:30pm, 3:30pm and 5:30pm. This year we have some really amazing birds - everything from hawks, falcons, owls, vultures all the way up in size to Bald Eagles!  We also have

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for an interesting run, the jogger looked me over and said, "You seem fit. Do the Grind." Next thing you know, my ignominious morning on this infamous trail was spent cursing that jogger and just about every step in my path. There are 2,830 steps. There was a lot of cursing. The Empire State Building, by contrast, has only 1,860 steps. The trail is deceptive. From the trailhead, it looks like a

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