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Visit Grouse Mountain at ROAM Winter Expo October 17th-18th, 2015 Grouse Mountain is thrilled to be part of the ROAM Winter Expo, where we will be sharing our #winterlove October 17th and 18th!Located at the Vancouver Convention Center, the ROAM Expo is a unique marketplace that brings together brands and services offering exciting and diverse ways to spend the low sun months. ROAM Expo will

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First Grouse Mountain Honey Extracted! We had an exciting day last week when we extracted our very first honey from our new Grouse Mountain Beehives!  The two hives we had last season are now thriving and produced 30 lbs of honey so far!  We have 15 new hives this year but typically they don't produce excess honey for harvest in their first season - we let them build up and get ready for next

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Wintering hummingbird care Each winter we receive quite a few notes or calls about people who are confused to still see hummingbirds coming to their backyard feeders. It might surprise you to know that one species, Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna), spend the winter here in the great Vancouver area. Traditionally it is thought that these birds were short distance migrators heading down into the

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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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their nests on ledges or roofs of buildings and can be seen chasing pigeons and starlings. There are also some who make their home around Grouse Mountain. You can come visit Dash at our Birds In Motion Demonstration where he loves to soar high above the mountaintop and then dive towards the ground for his food.  Birds In Motion Demonstration

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Dec. 2014 Round-Up All of the Events, Attractions, and Happenings Only six sleeps to Christmas and the Peak of Christmas at Grouse Mountain is in full swing! Snow is falling, the lights are shinning, our Ice Skating Pond is in great shape. We've been 'elfing' people across the city to get them into the festive mood! So without further ado, we'd like to present you with a round-up of everything

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Tyee’s Sam Mulligan Takes Home Silver at the FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships Big congratulations to our very own Sam Mulligan of the Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club on winning silver in the downhill at the 2018 FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships. Sam is the first Canadian to make a podium finish at the 2018 FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championship,s currently taking place in Davos

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, the birds enter a stage of rapid growth from nestling (mostly naked) to fledgling (all feathered) over the next three weeks.  Then it's time for practice flights!The birds left the nest just over a week ago now and have been practicing flying and building their strength for migration.Adult Barn swallows, even unrelated ones, help the young birds fly more easily and will even take turns providing

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A Most Unusual Year Deserves A Most Unusual Y2Play Snow Pass Offer Normally in late February when Grouse Mountain’s Y2Play Snow Pass goes on sale, there are metres of snow on the Mountain, families are enjoying turns together and après is in full swing. This winter, the west coast of North America is experiencing a weather event that meteorologists state is a once-in-a-lifetime anomaly.  While

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There are all types of heroes What defines a hero depends on our perspective. A comic lover may think Superman, distinctive in appearance and iconic in stature, exemplifies a superhero for using his powers to benefit humanity. Other names that immediately come to mind include Martin Luther King Jr., a proponent of non-violent civil disobedience as a means to achieve greater civil rights for

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