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The Grouse Grind App We’re celebrating! Whether you’re a Grouse Grind Lover or Download Diva, you’ll be excited to know that Grouse Mountain now has an iPhone app for the Grouse Grind. Powered by Finger Food Studios, this new app uses GPS technology to track your progress and time. You can also check your stats, earn badges and more! It is available for free download at the App store. Join us

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Whistler Water One Climb raises $110,000 -- so far! 1700+ registered to tackle the Grouse Grind and raise funds for Free The Children Today’s inaugural Whistler Water One Climb drew the highest number of people ever attending a Grouse Mountain fundraiser, with 1,700 youth, community members and business leaders registered to tackle the Grouse Grind and raise funds for Free The Children. All

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. Join us for a fabulous overview of our programming, focused on the theme “Outdoor Classrooms”, and experience all that the Peak of Vancouver has to offer. At Grouse Mountain we’re particularly excited about a few facets of our 2013/14 programs. First, our continued partnership with Artists for Conservation. We’re offering Adventures in Art and Environment (Grades 3-10) September 30-October 2, 2013

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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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Alpha doing well - enjoying spring! We get a lot of questions on how Alpha, our remaining Timber Wolf, is doing and he's doing really well!  After the passing of our older brothers, Beta and Omega, we watched him closely for any behavioral changes and after a short period of nervousness he quickly settled in to a new routine.It is not uncommon to find lone wolves in the wild.  Sometimes they

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Spring Wildlife Spotted on the Mountain I love this time of year!  Sunshine, green trees and of course an abundance of wildlife returning and preparing for summer on Grouse Mountain.  A couple weeks ago I spotted the first Barn Swallow of the year - back from their long migration to South America.  Today there was a whole flock flying around the mountain scoping out good nesting locations.  The

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Winter Has Arrived! Due to plenty of recent snow in the past week combined with low temperatures and the North Shore’s largest snowmaking fleet, the Paradise Bowl is now open via the Greenway Chair. The Paradise Jib Park is also open for all you freestyle fans. Looking for more terrain? Heaven's Sake will be opening Saturday via Peak Chair. For snowshoe enthusiasts, our Blue Grouse Loop and

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Meet Murphy New member of our Birds in Motion flying team! A couple weeks ago we were introduced to Murphy, the newest member of our Birds in Motion flying team.  Murphy is a young Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) cross who is quickly becoming a star of the demo!Gyrfalcons can be found all around the upper Northern Hemisphere along coastlines and islands around the world during breeding season and

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emit a 'hissing' noise when touched or threatened but this is simply  a noise made by pushing air out between their wings and back.  June Beetles do not bite.They begin their life as larvae living in sandy soil and then in May they pupate and by June and July they emerge as fully grown adults.  The larvae are an important food source for many birds, while the adults are preyed upon by bats and owls

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Peak Registration Pricing Ends May 15, 2014 Register for Seek the Peak 2014 now and save Grouse Mountain’s 11th-annual Seek The Peak presented by Columbia event is just over a month away, and the clock is ticking! If you haven’t already signed up to complete 16 kilometres of ultimate fitness bragging rights, be sure to do so before Thursday, May 15th to take advantage of Peak registration

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