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Wildlife of Spring Lots of Wildlife on Grouse Mountain Spotted Stretching Legs and Wings after a Long Winter As the daylight grows longer and the temperatures warmer, we are noticing more and more wildlife activity up here on Grouse Mountain.  Last week we had an amazing opportunity to view a Bobcat (Lynx rufus) right in the backyard of our Wildlife Office (photos by Dan Grima).  He was out

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Y2Play Is Back! Y2Play 2013/14 is now on sale. It`s that time of year again! This has been a fabulous snow season – in fact the last three have all been great. Our Y2Play Pass has returned even stronger this year. We asked ourselves, how can we make the best value snowpass on the continent even better? With up to 80% savings to ski or ride the rest of this season and all of next, it`s not an

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Bears Waking Up Spending more time out of sleeping den... Grinder and Coola, our two sleepy grizzly bears, have begun to move around more and more often.  Last week marked a drastic increase in temperatures and this, combined with lengthening amounts of daylight, have combined to give the bears reason to stir out of their long winter slumber.This week we will commence feeding - which for the

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ability assessment, introduced to the Alpine Responsibility Code, rope lines, marker navigation, Grouse Mountain’s runs and trails and how to safely ride chairlifts. You’ll also learn how to dress for different weather conditions and much more.In our two-day Avalanche Skills Training (Level 1) course, you’ll learn how to evaluate avalanche conditions, analyze a Public Avalanche Bulletin and plan for

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Mark Your Calendar for Summer Events As we look ahead to another exciting summer season at the Peak of Vancouver, now is the time to mark your calendar with some of our amazing activities and events that will be taking place at Grouse Mountain in the coming months:Whistler Water One Climb - Saturday, June 14: Sign up, reach out, wear blue and ‘flood’ the Grouse Grind in support of Free The

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us updated on all that's gold in The Centennial State. Day One - Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015What a great way to kick off SIA last night with a keynote speech from Paralympic bronze medalist, Amy Purdy. After contracting Meningitis, she lost both of her legs. Later, she found out her kidneys were failing and was forced to receive a transplant from her father. She became incredibly depressed, but

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Hit the Trail in Support of Grind For Kids Calling all Grinders! While summer is coming to an end, there is still plenty of time left in the Grouse Grind season. As you hit Mother Nature’s Stairmaster for another heart-pumping climb, why not make it count for the Grind For Kids program in support of the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation? Building on the success of last weekend’s

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Sunsets and Sneakers The sun sets on our Ambleside training session while we learn about the importance of footwear... It was a beautiful sunny evening and much warmer than last week. The sun was setting over Ambleside beach and my fellow runner Charmaine was also excited about the run ahead of us. This week's run route was 5km, starting at the Ambleside concession, along the road, to mimic the

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native Eric Carter who followed up seconds later with a time of 29:36.In the women’s category, 2014 Winter Olympic medallist Kristin Størmer Steira of Oslo, Norway claimed first place honours with a time of 30 minutes and 52 seconds – a new female record. Hot on her heels were 15-year-old twin dynamos Christina and Julie Sevsek of Surrey who claimed second and third place with times of 33:28 and 33:31

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Beta Wolf Going for Treatment In June 2004, our pack of male Timber Wolves, Canis lupis, came to Grouse Mountain. They were being retired from the movie industry, facing the possibility of being euthanized and needed a natural habitat to call home. The wolves quickly settled in to a comfortable life here at Grouse Mountain. They are visited daily by school children learning about wolf

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