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Seek the Peak 2012 Registration is Now Open On June 17 join hundreds of others in the fight against breast cancer Registration for the 9th annual Seek the Peak Relay in support of ReThink Breast Cancer is now open. Register online today!Seek the Peak 2012 is presented by Columbia.

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Learning to Ski and Meeting the Chef at the Observatory First time skiing and a sneak preview of fine dining for Valentine's! Have you ever wanted to try to skiing? I have always wanted to try. Today I had my first ski lesson and it was even more fun than I could have ever imagined. No experience required. After my lesson, I met with Chef Dino L. Gazzola and he shared the delicious menu coming up

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birds of prey that work together and hunt in a group.  They are known to have one bird chase the prey towards the others that are waiting to pounce.  Here is a compilation shot of one of the Harris' Hawks going after a piece of food in mid-air - note the aerobatics! While the Harris' Hawks put on a great demonstration of concentration and maneuverability, the top aerodynamic abilities have to go to

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of British Columbia.  They nest each spring in the Coniferous Forests around the Province.  They have one clutch of 2-6 eggs that they incubate for approximately 16 days before hatching.  The young take approximately 20-30 days before they are ready to leave the nest and learn how to care for themselves.Be sure to watch for these bright blue coloured birds the next time you are up here on Grouse

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classes every Saturday at 10:30am until August 24 in the Plaza at the top of Grouse Mountain. Whether you need a great post-Grind cool down or would just love to experience a different yoga venue at one of the city's most spectacular locations these 30 minute classes are bound to enhance your physical well-being and kick start your weekend. Yoga mats will be provided to the first 50 yogis for the class

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Snowshoe Away Your Holiday Indulgences Kickstart your fitness plan January 2nd at the Snowshoe Demonstration Night at Grouse Mountain. December 27th, 2007. North Vancouver, BC- Incinerate holiday calories with this fastest growing winter activity. If you can walk, you can snowshoe. With 4 different groomed snowshoe trails equating to about 10km of terrain, you’ll experience the most scenic

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Bears Enjoy First Food of the Year On Wednesday, April 18th, Grinder and Coola, our two resident Grizzly Bears, enjoyed their first feed of 2012. Over the last two weeks Grinder and Coola have become increasingly active and showed all of the signs of being out of hibernation.  Once we are sure of this and are close to having their outdoor habitat ready we begin to help the bears get their

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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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Get Ready For Snow! A cold front is on the way and the only place you want to be is the Peak of Vancouver The news that winter enthusiasts throughout the Lower Mainland have been waiting for has finally arrived. Our friends at the Meteorological Services of Canada delivered us breaking news this afternoon that a major shift in the weather pattern is about to happen promising to bring bucket loads

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barn owl, Tyto, who just overcame a battle with a near fatal fungal lung infection. “It looked so serious that we didn’t have much hope that he would survive actually,” said Grouse Mountain veterinarian Dr. Ken Macquisten.Tyto wasn’t eating, lost a lot of weight and had great difficulty breathing.“Even though we got the diagnosis we weren’t 100 per cent sure that he would respond still to the

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