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Santa's Reindeer Enjoy Post Christmas Vacation at Grouse Mountain - Return to North Pole Santa's two reindeer, Dancer and Vixen, joined us this year at the start of December for our Peak of Christmas event. They had a great time before Christmas meeting with all the visitors and families that were exploring the North Pole setting at Grouse Mountain. They also hung out with Santa Claus himself

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of park size, elements and features; and poll results, Newschoolers calculated and ranked parks across the continent. On Friday, November 10, they released the results and Grouse Parks was named the #3 Park in the Northwest.Newschoolers said that one of the best aspects of Grouse Parks is its great community feel. The sense of standing on top of the city (of Vancouver) was also noted as a

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Teachings by Squamish Elder, William “Kwel-A-A-Nexw” Nahanee Just listening to Willie speak, you can feel the passion behind his words. William “Kwel-A-A-Nexw” Nahanee, better known to everyone as Willie, has been a part of Grouse Mountain’s education program since its inception 15 years ago and is still as excited about sharing his culture with students as the day he started. In that time

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Honey  Harvest 2017 marked our fourth year of having honey bees on Grouse Mountain.  The only change this year, however, is that we did not bring our bees and hives up to the top of the mountain due to a banner snow year and a very late snow pack.  We were concerned that food production in the form of flowers and nectar might be slow or delayed this year because we had snow on the ground into

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Got a Mountain Enthusiast on Your Christmas List? It's shopping made easy with Grouse Mountain digital gift cards Grouse Mountain gift cards can be used to purchase lift tickets, passes, retail items, lessons, adventures, food & beverage and more! They offer the recipient lots of flexibility to enjoy as desired. From winter to summer, day to night, serene snowshoeing to adrenaline-inducing

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Grinder and Coola Enter 17th Hibernation Period On November 22nd, 2017 Grinder and Coola, our two resident Grizzly Bears, entered their 17th hibernation period at the Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife. Grinder and Coola had a great 2017 in their 5.5 acre habitat and helped educate hundreds of thousands of visitors to the refuge on the plight faced by wild Grizzly Bears. Just before

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Gingerbread Village Challenge 2017 Call for entries now open!  Grouse Mountain is partnering with BC Children's Hospital during the Peak of Christmas celebration to bring you the annual Gingerbread Village! This is a fantastic opportunity for professional and aspiring bakers and pastry chefs to showcase your talents in support of a good cause. We are currently looking for entries of unique

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Grouse Mountain Recognized As One Of BC's Top Employers We are proud to be recognized as one of BC's Top Employers for the second year in a row. Announced this morning, Grouse Mountain has been named to BC’s Top Employers list by Mediacorp Canada Inc. This special designation recognizes the British Columbia employers that lead their industries in offering exceptional places to work.  BC’s Top

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Winter's Coming. Now's The Time To Get Your Early Bird Pass On Sale until November 30, 2017 The forecast for this winter is looking stellar, and we couldn't be more excited. Are you ready to make the most of this winter? Grouse Mountain's Early Bird Pass makes it affordable and easy to enjoy the North Shore's biggest terrain variety, night skiing and riding until 10pm daily, Grouse Woods™ natural

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Hummingbird monitoring sessions underway   A few weeks back we began our 2017 Hummingbird Monitoring station here at Grouse Mountain. We are one station of many that are involved in the North American wide Hummingbird Monitoring Network. It was a slow start to our season because of our late snowpack around the hummingbird gardens.Even since the start of the season, however, numbers have been

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