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Lemme tell you (gasp, pant), the Grouse Grind is not misnamed By Tan Vinh Seattle Times staff reporter NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. — Maybe I should have wised up and retreated to the comforts of my hotel suite, with the waterfront view and 1,000-thread-count sheets. The ominous signs certainly were there. There was the tourist who dry-heaved halfway up the trail. There was the couple with the Idaho

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Grouse Mountain Moment Contest - Aug. 7 Congratulations to Stephanie Sorenson, Christa Ovenel, and Susan Perepelken Stephanie Loves Grouse because... I was just up at Grouse Mountain for an evening of fun while my brother was in town for a visit, so we decided we would head up for some ziplining and to check out the new wind turbine! I never thought it would be so much fun!! We arrived just

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Grizzly Bear Interpretive Yurt Being Installed If you have recently visited the Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife you probably saw our latest addition to the bear habitat - a large yurt building!Starting next spring this building will be a Grizzly Bear Interpretive Centre and a centerpiece for our refuge.  Inside we will feature a coffee bar, research desk with multiple live camera

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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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Top 5 Ways to Enjoy Flight This Summer Airborne Fun at the Peak of Vancouver! There’s a reason we have the expression ‘free as a bird’. The idea of being able to take off into flight or soar above the clouds is pretty appealing – especially when many of us are stuck at our desks most of the day. At our Summer of Flight, you can experience the thrill of airborne adventure through a variety of

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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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.  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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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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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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Grouse Mountain Moment Contest - July 24 Congratulations to Sylvia Van Sickle from Surrey Sylvia [hearts] Grouse Mountain because... "My best Grouse Mountain moment was a couple of weeks go when my husband and I took my 67-year-old mother and her 68-year-old husband up the Grouse Grind for their first time. It was a challenge my mother always wanted to do but she kept coming up with excuses

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