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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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15th Annual Seek the Peak Hits the Trails June 24th Racers will take on the climb in support of the BC Cancer Foundation (North Vancouver) Grouse Mountain is excited to welcome racers to take on the challenge in the 15th annual Seek the Peak taking place Sunday, June 24th. With every upward step, valuable funds will be raised for the BC Cancer Foundation’s lifesaving work in the fight against

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Helping Hummingbirds It's National Wildlife Week in Canada and to help celebrate the diversity of wildlife on Grouse Mountain we will be posting different blogs throughout the week to highlight some of our wonderful wild animals found around Grouse Mountain and Vancouver and ways that you can help them out from home!Today we'll start with the amazing hummingbirds.  On Grouse Mountain we see two

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Grinder and Coola Emerge from 17th Hibernation on Grouse Mountain A beautiful spring morning greeted Grouse Mountain’s two resident Grizzly bears, Grinder and Coola, as they excitedly emerged from hibernation earlier today at the Peak of Vancouver. This concludes the bears’ 17th hibernation period which is tied for the longest since their arrival at the Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered

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first hummingbird monitoring session of 2018 Today we held our first hummingbird monitoring and banding session at the Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife.  It was an amazing early season session with 22 birds caught, recorded and released!  We had six recaptures with two birds from 2017, three birds from 2016 and one bird from 2015.  Overall the birds showed signs of good health

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Year Round Birds of Grouse Mountain Today for National Wildlife Week let's look at some of the common birds found on Grouse Mountain! The birds here can be seen on most trips up the mountain - regardless of season. Watch for them on your next trip up! The Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is a common sight on Grouse Mountain.  Watch for them on your trip up our skyride and then soaring in

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Multi-Grouse Grind® Challenge Raises Thousands for BC Children’s Hospital Record setting day on the Grouse Grind at the 4th annual event (North Vancouver) After an amazing 19-hour day on the Grouse Grind®, Grouse Mountain is thrilled to announce that the Multi-Grouse Grind® Challenge has raised over $34,000 in support of the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation. A new female record was set at this

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Barn swallows return to grouse mountain after long migration Last week we noticed our first Barn Swallows of 2018 flying around the Peak offices of Grouse Mt.  It was a welcome sight that, to us, means Spring is officially here. The swallows are here from the Spring until about September when they begin their long migration back south.  The birds will begin nesting soon - this begins with

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Common Mammals of Grouse Mountain Today for our National Wildlife Week post let's check out some of the common mammals we see up here on Grouse Mountain! American Black Bear American Black Bear (Ursus americanus) can be seen wandering the slopes and valleys of Grouse Mountain from time to time. Black Bears are the most plentiful bears in North America and British Columbia itself is home to over

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Aerial Ropes Adventure Coming to Grouse Mountain this August Guests are invited to clip-in, suspend and discover the mountaintop forest environment Grouse Mountain is excited to announce a new addition to our adventure activities -- a mountaintop aerial ropes course. An adventure that is both fun and challenging, aerial ropes will take guests to new heights. Exploring the Mountain’s forest from

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