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Join Us For Breakfast with the Bears This experience returns March 21, 2015 It’s an early spring in the Lower Mainland, and Grouse Mountain’s two orphaned Grizzly bears, Grinder and Coola, have made their way into the sunshine from their hibernation den this week. While they are still a little bit groggy, they are getting increasingly active every day. On March 21st, Grouse Mountain launches its

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Observatory or Altitudes Bistro, stop in Outfitters and The Spirit Gallery…the list goes on! To take the fun to a new level (literally), take in a 360-degree view from the Eye of the Wind, enjoy heart-pounding excitement on a five-line Mountain Ziplines tour and book a Heli Tour for a bird’s-eye view of Vancouver.  In June, we’re launching our summer of Small Wonders dedicated to exploring everything there

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Meet Our Golden Ticket Finalists Voting for the Golden Ticket winner takes place Mar. 18-27, 2013 We've selected the top 5 entries for our $10,000 Golden Ticket giveaway. Meet Paul, Steph, Enzo, Gareth and Sarah!Each Golden Ticket contest finalist visited the Mountain this past week to star in their own short video explaining why they Y2Play. Watch them all and vote for your favourite now!

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.  Glancing to my right I found myself staring face to face with a Northern Pygmy Owl sitting on our dish shelf. I think we were both surprised!  He had somehow entered the building and was looking for a way out.  It's not an uncommon part of my job to remove stray birds from buildings, but this is the first time I've had to help an owl back outside.  Without much ordeal I was able to pick-up the little guy

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to fall over me. Weird right? I used to despise running and now we’re talking about hurling my body up the side of a mountain? Oh how the times have changed. The road to now. This change of heart is the product of embarking on my very own version of a "Belly off Club” mission. A series of outrageous runs have turned into exciting challenges. True, getting here didn’t come easy and it certainly

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Seek The Peak is back for its 10th anniversary Welcoming new charity partner BC Cancer Foundation Who’s afraid of a few hills?Apparently not the 700+ participants already signed up to tackle 4,100 feet of elevation gain from Ambleside to the top of Grouse Mountain. Set for Saturday, June 15th, Seek The Peak presented by Columbia is going strong after 10 years. The number of registrants is up

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Grinder and Coola Make Winter Bed and Prepare to Hibernate For the last couple weeks our two resident Grizzly Bears, Grinder and Coola, have been preparing to hibernate. With some good snow fall on the ground and temperatures regularly below zero degrees, the bears are now spending most of their days inside their den sleeping.In preparation for hibernation, Grinder and Coola went through

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while, you might spot a helicopter overhead slinging materials from the top of The Cut down to the Grind. To give you an idea of the work involved, materials will be deposited at various locations on the Grind upwards of 45 to 60 times! If you happen to be on the Skyride this week, you just might see this work in action. So, worry not, Grinders – with a little patience and help from Mother Nature

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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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22 Grinders. 22 Days. 22 Unique Stories Be featured here and win with ClearlyContacts.ca and Grouse Mountain So you've decided to enter this year's ClearlyContacts.ca Grouse Ground Mountain Run? We can respect that, but what's more… we can reward that.Starting September 1st we'll be featuring a different, unique Grouse Grinder who has entered the race on this blog. Every day a new face, every day

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