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Sunshine is Back and So Is Or Shuttle Bus Catch our free shuttle this weekend With beautiful weather returning to Vancouver - and Grouse Mountain - this weekend we will once again be running our shuttle bus to help our guests get up Capilano Road with expected busy days this Saturday and Sunday. The shuttle hours of operation are 10am to 6pm so just look out for the easy-to-spot green bus once

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The New Buzz at the Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife! Honeybees arrive as part of an organic honey trial... This summer marks the exciting addition of two honey bee hives to the Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife!  We are excited to host the two hives and determine if organic honey production is possible on the mountaintop.Bees are of critical importance in our eco

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Excavations to the Bear Habitat Underway! This week we began excavations to the Bear's hibernation habitat - the first area they access after they emerge from their winter's sleep.  The first stage is to get in there with the heavy machinery and remove the majority of the snow.  Our excavators and grooming machines have been working this week to remove the 15 feet of snow currently present in

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that it is time to begin bulking up for their winter dormancy. This time of year they enter a physiological state known as hyperphagia, which is really just a fancy term for pigging out.  They will eat an increasing amount of food as they very quickly put on body weight for the cold weather ahead.We've upped their daily food intake to match their increased consumption and they are now getting around

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get me wrong, dipping and dodging the seawall on a sunny weekend can be great time, but sometimes it’s nice to work out in peace. Over the weekend I decided to take a different approach to the normal hustle and grind work out of lapping false creek and headed due north for the trails of the shore. Of course, being a new comer to the vast amount of interconnecting trails that resemble a spider web, I

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The Thrill of Skiing, The Comfort of a Snow-Limo Excursion When my father in-law came to visit, we wanted to show him the sport that my husband and I love so much – skiing. But at 80+ years of age, getting on skis for the first time was pretty much out of the question. Enter Snow-Limo! With Snow-Limo, Jan got the experience of gliding across the snow and down well-known runs like The Cut. And

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Meet the Ambassadors Round Two... With the help of Columbia Sportswear we have launched our first year of the Grouse Grind Ambassadors program. We asked out to the Grind community, "Why do you Grind?" and were sent responses of every kind. Inspirational, recreational, charitable, you name it. With all these great responses, we were tasked to select only ten Ambassadors. Our new Grind Ambassadors

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27cm of New Snow Hello snow! Skier and riders, Grouse Mountain has received some welcome snow over the past few days, enhancing conditions on the Mountain. Be sure to wake up and check the Grouse Mountain Snow Report for new terrain updates. And, if Mother Nature is kind, we’ll have more on the way. Snowshoe trails continue to be in fabulous condition, so get out and get your heart pumping. And

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You'll Get a Charge Out of This As Earth Day comes to an end, we're pleased to announce that we have installed a Leviton electric vehicle charging station at Grouse Mountain. The station is conveniently located near the entrance to the Grouse Grind. Electric car users with a ChargePass can access the station. The new charging station is part of our Blue Grouse sustainability program - our

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Building Camaraderie YPO Oregon Comes Together at Grouse Mountain What a stunning September we have had here on Grouse Mountain, and the perfect backdrop for teams to get together and experience the great outdoors and our Corporate Adventure Programs. Ziplining over Blue Grouse Lake, technical tours of the Eye of the Wind, making friends with our barn owl Tyto and navigating around the mountain

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