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see after a long winter and its bright yellow buds will start popping up everywhere in the spring.  It has a strong, hard to eliminate, root system and, when it goes to seed, the puffball heads can spread seeds over a large area.  But yet for all this pervasiveness, it is a relatively benign species when it comes to any impacts on the ecosystem - in fact, the benefits outweigh any issues.Because it

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Seek the Peak:  Nicole's training diary Week 6 Don’t forget the stairs…We’ve entered the 30-day countdown to Seek the Peak. Are you ready? Quick check-in for this week as my training weekend revolved around the Grouse Grind and Nancy Greene, where I was once again reminded just how many stairs there are on this route. As you climb through Capilano and onto Nancy Greene, the grind of the race

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Seek the Peak:  Nicole's training diary Week 3 Week 3: Nancy Greene Way and Cross-TrainingLast week I made reference to three mental and physical challenges that runners will be faced with during Seek the Peak, the most challenging of which is Nancy Greene Way. That is a personal opinion of course, and mostly because I recently completed the climb for the very first time. Ouch! This portion of

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Chair.The cold weather is forecast to stick around and more snow is on the way later this week. That's great news for all you skiers and riders as we're really close to opening up even more terrain. Stay tuned for updates over the next few days.

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Grouse Woods Now Open! Canada's First Natural Feature Terrain Park We're excited to announce the opening of Grouse Woods™ - our newest terrain park and the first of it's kind in Canada.Using recycled wood and snow, our Parks crew has created a fun new terrain park experience that we can’t wait to hit up. Current features available include a Wood Wall Ride, Pole Jam Log, Down Wood Log and a Flat

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Getting the Bees Ready for Spring We recently did our first full check-in with the bee hives after a long winter's rest!Since October the bees have been on their own at a low-land site in the Fraser Valley staying warm.  They produce extra honey near the end of the season to see them through the winter.  The Queen's lay special worker bees that will live longer than normal but stay in the hive

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Seek the Peak:  Nicole's training diary Week 4 As your training increases and the days become warmer, it is important to start thinking ahead about accessories and nutrition for Seek the Peak. This past weekend I returned to Nancy Greene Way - though this time, I returned on my road bike. My training session for this weekend included a cycle from Downtown Vancouver to the base of Grouse Mountain

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Thanks for a Great Winter A Look Back as Winter 2015/16 Comes to Close. What a great winter! With strong snowfall, great grooming and lots of clear days, as skiers and riders winter 2015/16 will go down as one of our favourites. We didn't limit the fun to skiing and riding, though. New for winter were the Sliding Zone and stunning Light Walk. Snowshoers and skaters also reveled in a wonderful

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Bring on the #winterlove Check out what’s in store this winter at Grouse Mountain With temperatures dropping, you can tell that winter is just around the corner. That means we’re getting ready to share our #winterlove! At the top of Grouse Mountain there is a ton of activity going on to get ready for all the fun things we have planned this winter. Skating Pond – Opening Soon! It’s almost time to

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Seek the Peak:  Nicole's training diary Week 5 Could you hear the cheers from hikers across the North Shore last week as Grouse Grind was officially open for business? An extra loud cheer was sure to be heard from Seek the Peak participants as leg three of the race is now available for training. I was so excited to head up the mountain, so my training partner and I agreed to battle for two

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