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Artists For Conservation Festival Starts This Weekend Join us Oct. 13-21 for the world's best wildlife and conservation art festival Fabulous fall activities continue up here at the Peak of Vancouver. Starting this Saturday and running until October 21, jump on the Skyride and come face to face with some of the world's best wildlife and nature art. The Artists for Conservation Festival is

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Wildly Fun Summer Camps Adventure Camps for kids 5-16 available this summer Summer is just around the corner. Are your kids looking for some summer camp fun? Grouse Mountain has you covered. Our camps for kids 5-16 provide the ultimate in mountaintop adventure. Get behind the scenes with our Wildlife Rangers, learn how to be safe in wild outdoor spaces, get up-close with a bald eagle, or even

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Y2Play Is 90% Sold Don't miss your chance to save up to 80% on all of this and next season's skiing/riding. Have you purchased or renewed your Y2Play pass? Don’t miss out – Y2Play is now 90% sold. With Y2Play you can ski or ride for the rest of this season and all of next at savings of up to 80%. This ultra- value pass is a favourite of Vancouverites because it provides access to Grouse

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First Hummingbird Monitoring Session of the Year Yesterday we held our first hummingbird monitoring session of the year.  According to our schedule, and the arrival of the birds in May, we were supposed to begin several weeks ago but the weather has not permitted us to safely band the birds.  Tuesday, the weather held and our volunteers made it up and we ran a standard five hour monitoring

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Green Meetings - Tips and Tricks How to host an environmentally friendly meeting We have been discussing the importance of ‘Green Meetings’ over the last month and I thought I'd post a few tips as to how you can host green meetings and reduce your footprint using the three R's: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.ReduceUse electronic programs or brochures for registration and confirmation

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Social Nights Return Looking for something fun to do on your Wednesday night? Join us at Altitudes Bistro as our ever-popular Winter Social Nights return to Grouse Mountain! Starting at 6:00pm every Wednesday through to the end of March, we'll have prizes and great tunes along with food and drink specials provided by Granville Island Brewing. So, hit the trails at our Training Nights on

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had a banner year for Anna's Hummingbirds with more coming up to the top of the mountain than we've ever seen before.  I'm quite excited to see how many return next season.Finally, we ended off our year with our Peak of Christmas festivities and it was a season to focus on our two Reindeer, Dancer and Vixen.  Our Holly the Jolly Reindeer Skits were very popular and a very fun way to educate people

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open from 9am to 10pm seven days a week for skiing and riding.“Mother Nature delivered us a great present this past weekend with over 30 centimetres of new snow and that combined with our substantial snowmaking has allowed us to provide an early start to the winter season", says Grouse Mountain General Manager Michael Cameron. "We know our Passholders and winter enthusiasts have been itching to get

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unparalleled value in additional benefits including discounts on rentals, lessons, retail and mountaintop activities. Truly a pass suitable for everyone, the 2014/15 Y2Play Pass features special reduced rates for parents, youth, children, seniors and families in addition to the brand-new student category. Furthermore, Y2Play’s unparalleled Ski 5, Ski Free value means that passholders need to ski or ride

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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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