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event held locally on Grouse Mountain). The Kafers' hiking expedition is now going to be verified by Guinness World Records(R) hopefully earning them a place in the history books as well as raising awareness to the fight against Alzheimer's disease and dementia. "Esther and Martin's achievement epitomizes the spirit of the Ascent for Alzheimer's event, which is that no matter how challenging the

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Unlimited Blogger Challenge Four Vancouver Bloggers. Four Different Adventures... Yesterday, with the help of four Vancouver bloggers, we launched a new summer contest that you can take part in. Here's how it went down:We selected four Vancouver bloggers with different perspectives on our city and tasked them to come up and have the best day our Mountain Activities could offer! The results were

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Winter Birding on Grouse Mountain This week several of us went out into the wilds of Grouse Mountain to see what kind of birds hang around the mountain in the dead of winter.  It was a calm and clear morning but there was not much in the way of bird activity.In order to survive in a forest without a lot of food sources, birds need to specialize to find the food that they need.  The most

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It's Time!  Grouse Mountain Opens For Skiing and Riding This Friday FridayNovember 17, 2011 North Vancouver, B.C. – The announcement that eager skiers and riders have been waiting for has arrived! Grouse Mountain is pleased to announce we are kicking off our 85th winter season on Friday November 18th from 3pm to 10pm. The first Skyride of the day for skiers and riders will be at 2:45pm. For this

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Another Successful Year at the Wildlife Refuge As 2011 draws to a close, I can reflect on what a successful year it has been at the Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife.  After a long 2011/2010 hibernation (the longest on record at 5 months!), Grinder and Coola were happy to get out into their habitats in early May this year.  Last winter's unprecedented snowfall left a huge amount for

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Bird's Eye View An Unforgettable Experience It was the second day of my internship and I arrived not knowing what the day was going to consist of. I walked into the office and my boss, notified me that we are going to a photo shoot today for Shaw TV for a segment on Blackcomb Aviation’s Helitours that will be shown on the television show The Express. I was excited because I had never been to a

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Fore! Mountain Disc Golf Is Here We’re excited to announce that this weekend, Grouse Mountain is launching a new disc golf course. With the first nine holes opening Saturday, you’ll want to come and try your hand at one of summer’s best fun and fitness activities. The course at Grouse Mountain is located atop The Cut, taking advantage of the mountain terrain. Discs are available for sale or

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Bears Still Snowed In! As if to say, Happy April Fools Day, more snow fell over the bear den and bear habitat.  We have begun to see a few signs of spring, but the snow has shown no sign of stopping.  Grinder and Coola's 'Bear Hotel' is still surrounded by over 15 feet of snow!  This makes it fairly dark inside, and when the boys have made their first exploratory journeys to the front part of

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they mean to me and to cut myself some slack. When it is our time I doubt any of us will ever wish we worked harder, looked better or stressed about things more. Instead, we will look back and wish we had spent more time with those we loved, had more fun, relaxed more and instead of being so hard on ourselves, that we love ourselves a little bit more!I wrote this in hopes that we could all pause for

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New Limited Time Offer for Families Grouse Mountain now makes North America’s best valued family snow pass even more affordable. We’re excited to announce a great new option – a purchase payment plan specifically for Family Pass renewal purchases. With the purchase payment plan, you make an initial payment of $379 + tax, and then 5 successive monthly payments of $100. With each payment, you’ll

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