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Grinder and Coola Begin to Put on The Pounds As the weather starts to get colder and the days grow shorter, our two resident Grizzly Bears grow a bit wider!  The bears have begun to enter a state referred to as hyperphagia - which is essentially a fancy term for pigging out.  When they enter this state they are focused primarily on increasing their calorie intake to bulk up for hibernation.  We

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pollinators, and hit the mountaintop trails for a scavenger hunt to try spotting every one of Grouse Mountain’s featured Small Wonders. Younger visitors will adore Grouse Mountain’s friendly bee mascot (arriving in July), enjoy a unique photo opportunity in the Picture Yourself as a Butterfly interactive activity, watch in awe during Disneynature’s Wings of Life playing several times daily in the Theatre in

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Bears Beat the Heat by Staying in the Water With all this warm weather we've been having this summer, our two orphaned Grizzly Bears, Grinder and Coola have had to spend more time in the water to stay cool.Both bears love swimming and being in the water - which is why we've expanded their swimming and water areas over the years.  This summer, more than ever, the bears are frequently found

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Trick or Treat'n Grizzly Bear Style! Happy Halloween from Grinder and Coola and all of us here at the Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife!To celebrate, we gave Grinder and Coola (the two Grizzly Bears that inhabit the refuge) their very own pumpkins to carve up today!  The pumpkins didn't last very long with a thousand pounds of bear jumping on them but they sure were a tasty treat

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What to my Wondering Eyes Should Appear... The other morning there arose such a clatter, that we sprang to our helipad to see what was the matter!Turns out it was Dancer and Vixen, two of Santa's reindeer crew, arriving at Grouse Mountain from the North Pole to visit for our Peak of Christmas event!We are lucky that each year two of Santa's Reindeer visit as reindeer ambassadors to all of our

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There are all types of heroes What defines a hero depends on our perspective. A comic lover may think Superman, distinctive in appearance and iconic in stature, exemplifies a superhero for using his powers to benefit humanity. Other names that immediately come to mind include Martin Luther King Jr., a proponent of non-violent civil disobedience as a means to achieve greater civil rights for

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Snow Passholders, Enjoy Complimentary Ziplining Valued Winter Snow passholders - we have some good news for you! Starting immediately and for the rest of the season you are invited to enjoy unlimited free Mountain Ziplines and Eye of the Wind tours. Zipline tours operate daily from 12pm-7pm. For the 5pm, 6pm and 7pm tours, adrenaline is amped-up with our night headlamp experience. Enjoy whizzing

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New Sliding Zone now open! Even more fun awaits at the Peak of Vancouver with our latest activity – the new Sliding Zone. Located on the West side of the skating pond, the two designated lanes and groomed terrain are perfect for sliding. Pick up you magic carpet rental from the Sliding Zone Den and…away you go! Open from 10am to 10pm daily, it’s the perfect activity for the child in all of us

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Grouse Mountain's Namesake Lots of Grouse on Grouse Mountain this year! Every year we see a few families of Sooty Grouse hanging around the hill.  These birds are the namesake of Grouse Mt. The first settlers of the area would hike into the North Shore Mountains, including Grouse, to hunt these birds for sustenance and hence our mountain was named.Nowadays there is no hunting on the North Shore

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segment, star Jonathan Pitre is a courageous 14-year-old boy from Russell, Ontario who was born with a life-threatening skin disease called EB. EB is a rare genetic disorder that causes the skin to repeatedly blister, shear and scar. Approximately 2,500 Canadians suffer from the disease — among the most painful known to medicine. To date, no cure has been found.What you might not be aware of is

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