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Another Successful Year at the Wildlife Refuge As 2011 draws to a close, I can reflect on what a successful year it has been at the Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife.  After a long 2011/2010 hibernation (the longest on record at 5 months!), Grinder and Coola were happy to get out into their habitats in early May this year.  Last winter's unprecedented snowfall left a huge amount for

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Grinder & Coola Emerge from Hibernation April 28, 2008, North Vancouver, BC - Grinder and Coola, resident grizzly bears at Grouse Mountain’s Refuge for Endangered Wildlife, came out of hibernation on Friday afternoon after their longest hibernation period to date. Extreme snow conditions and unseasonably cool temperatures have a big impact on the length of their hibernation. After digging

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Congratulations, Grouse Grinders! Check out our video from the 2012 ClearlyContacts.a Grouse Grind Mountain Run The Grouse Grind came alive last weekend with the footsteps of over 500 hikers at the 2012 ClearlyContact.ca Grouse Grind Mountain Run. Congratulations to everyone who came out from the first-timers, to the corporate teams and elite mountain runners, it truly was a day to remember on

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Seek the Peak Relay 2011 The 8th Annual Seek The Peak Relay raising funds for Rethink Breast Cancer is taking place on Saturday, July 16th.  The challenging 16-kilometer course starts on the beach at Ambleside Park in West Vancouver, winds its way through North Vancouver, then heads up the legendary Grouse Grind® to the Peak of Vancouver.  Seek the Peak is not strictly a race for elite athletes

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Grouse Mountain Family Day Weekend an all-round success $5,000 raised to benefit North Shore Rescue (North Vancouver) Grouse Mountain has concluded yet another memorable, fun-filled 24 Hours of Winter and Family Day long weekend. Bluebird skies for the first two days and fresh snow on Family Day Monday couldn't have worked out better. To top it all off, Grouse Mountain is pleased to announce

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Happy New Years from the Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife! Happy New Years Everyone!  I just wanted to write a post thanking everyone for their support and care for our wildlife over the past year.  2012 was a great year for the Refuge:  Grinder and Coola had another lazy summer and the wolves as well.  It was also our Summer of Owls and Tyto, our resident Barn Owl, was very

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Jump On The Skyride And Win Big With Y2Play Have you bought or renewed your Y2Play pass?  The surprises just keep coming each and everyday at Grouse Mountain throughout the month of March.  If you weren't one of the lucky passengers on the super surprise Skyride on February 23, when we gave away a free Y2Play pass to everyone on board don't worry!  Click here to watch how it all went down. Each

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Bears Begin Bear Bed Building Last week, as temperatures dropped and days continue to get shorter, Grinder and Coola began to build their bed for winter 2015.  We provided them with a large mound of Pacific Silver-Fir branches inside their bear 'hotel' and after ignoring them for quite a few days, the boys decided it was time to build a bed.Based on past years and experiments in offering them

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North America's Top Snowshoe Event Comes to Grouse Mountain World Snowshoe Invitational attracts over 200 athletes from nine nations February 26, 2010, Grouse Mountain, North Vancouver, B.C. – The Yeti and Grouse Mountain are proud to host the World Snowshoe Invitational on Saturday February 27, 2010. This promises to be the most competitive snowshoe ever in North America. With Olympic athletes

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the secret to getting them to fly on Christmas Eve!!).Dancer and Prancer will be up here with us through our Peak of Christmas festivities so be sure to stop by and say hello!  They can be found hanging out in their special Reindeer Habitat behind Santa's Workshop near our Skating Pond.  If you would like to learn more about them we'll be holding Ranger Talks  at 2pm and 4pm each day.  And listen

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