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Grouse Mountain grizzlies wake up from winter slumber Peak of Vancouver announces the Summer of Bear Discovery (North Vancouver) With our beautiful spring conditions and summer just around the corner, Grouse Mountain is pleased to announce that resident grizzly bears Grinder and Coola have emerged from their restful winter hibernation at the Peak of Vancouver.During the course of their 139-day

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, embarking on a one-hour round-trip hike through the Baden Powell, then cycling back into the city. I tried to replicate the climb and duration of Seek the Peak, much like the weekend run suggestions do here. With the change in footwear and accessories on this route, it made me think ahead and begin to prepare for our June 14th race. Footwear As Seek the Peak travels along both trails and pavement, you

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Bears Begin Bear Bed Building Last week, as temperatures dropped and days continue to get shorter, Grinder and Coola began to build their bed for winter 2015.  We provided them with a large mound of Pacific Silver-Fir branches inside their bear 'hotel' and after ignoring them for quite a few days, the boys decided it was time to build a bed.Based on past years and experiments in offering them

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School's In at Grouse Mountain We've got you covered in the event of BC teacher job action Grouse Mountain is providing a special offering of our Adventure Day Camps the week of May 26-29, 2014. Book your day knowing that your child will be learning, growing, making friends and connecting with nature. Our camps begin at 8:30am finish at 3:30pm, with after-care available until 4:30pm. At Grouse

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date – it’s time to lace up those skates for a spin in the fresh mountain air. As one of the first winter activities to get underway at the Peak of Vancouver, the skating pond will be open to visitors from 9:00 am to 10:00 pm daily. Ice skating on the outdoor rink is complimentary with a Grouse Mountain Alpine Experience ticket, Snow Pass or Annual Local's Pass and rentals are available for all ages

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off with proceeds directly supporting Artists for Conservation’s art and environmental education programming.Presented by RE/MAX and sponsored by Deeley Harley-Davidson Canada, the third annual Artists for Conservation Festival features a wide range of art and environmental education activities, including the world’s top conservation-themed art exhibit. The exhibit features 80 original paintings and

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, but our gingerbread house building experience was pretty much limited to the graham cracker variety up to that point. My sister’s fiancé, Pat, helped us with the lighting and electrical, but wiring tiny strands of miniature Christmas lights was a first for him as well. All in all, we were a bunch of rookies!Did everyone have separate roles, or do you all sort of pitch in to the same tasks as a team

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A Fresh New Look for Ski Wee Grouse Mountain’s Snow School Director, Toby Barrett, wanted to refresh the Ski Wee experience at Grouse Mountain. He knew that children connect with animals and he thought that a wolf would be a powerful animal to connect to Ski Wee. “Wolves are pack animals. They are a naturally social animal. This is something that I think children in Ski Wee can identify with…the

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achievement.Now in its second year, Whistler Water One Climb challenged participants to dress in blue and “flood” the Grouse Grind all in an effort to provide clean drinking water to a very deserving community in Kenya. With donations still coming in, One Climbers have delivered almost $60,000 in total donations this year, 100 percent of which will be directed to Free The Children's water project in the Kenyan

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witnessed the Lumberjack show, then looked to see if I could get a glimpse of your cute "little brown boys", but I think they were hiding from sun and heat. I went to the Eye of the Wind, then as I was heading back to the Skyride, I suddenly saw one of the Grizzlies walking around... I took my first photos from the chairlift hovering above the habitat, but as soon as my feet touched the ground..I was on a

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