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First snowfall of the season at Grouse Mountain! A layer of white blankets the Peak of Vancouver (North Vancouver) It’s arrived: the first snowfall of the season! Today is an exciting day for local skiers and riders as the first flakes signal winter is just around the corner at Grouse Mountain. As of noon today we have received 2 cm of the flaky white stuff, and it continues to fall. With cool

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The Potato Shack Opens This Weekend! Get stuffed! We've got a brand new food experience opening this weekend at Grouse Mountain. The Potato Shack will be serving up toasty baked potatoes with a variety of tasty toppings, perfect for warming up out on the slopes. Choose your perfect combination of toppings, from the traditional sour cream and cheese to the more creative kimchi and siracha

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Weighting on the Bears Recently we installed a new addition to our bear habitats - a commercial grade weigh-scale!  We want to use the scale to get a record of Grinder and Coola's weight throughout the seasons and chart the change.The scale had to be bear proofed to make sure the bears didn't play around with it too much.  So we poured a concrete foundation, made a steel frame and installed the

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Getting Ready for Winter: Run Re-Establishment Crews tackle the undergrowth to prepare runs for the upcoming season While you’ve been enjoying the summer sunshine, our team has been hard at work getting Grouse Mountain ready for the snow to fall. One of the projects we’ve been working on is run re-establishment on our back runs like Outer Limits and Purgatory. What does run re-establishment

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Santa's Reindeer Spotted on Grouse Mountain! Last weekend we were joined here on Grouse Mountain by two of Santa's very own reindeer!!  Each year we are lucky to have some of their time as they get ready for their big night on Christmas Eve.  This year we have Prancer and Dancer visiting us for The Peak of Christmas.Dancer and Prancer are two male reindeer who are slightly larger than some of

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Grizzly Bears Enter 15th Hibernation Today marks the start of the 15th Hibernation /  Winter Dormancy Period for Grinder and Coola, our two resident Grizzly Bears, at the Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife.With recent snowfall, cold temperatures and short days, Grinder and Coola have been spending most of their time sleeping.  A bit of food had been offered but had gone ignored.  We

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Dine Out Vancouver at The Observatory Join us January 15 to 31, 2016 The popular Dine Out Vancouver Festival returns and Grouse Mountain is proud to take part in this annual favourite once again. The Observatory Restaurant is offering a special Dine Out Menu that includes delectable options like beef carpaccio, steelhead salmon and black sesame panna cotta. At $40/person for three courses, there

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Bring on the #winterlove Check out what’s in store this winter at Grouse Mountain With temperatures dropping, you can tell that winter is just around the corner. That means we’re getting ready to share our #winterlove! At the top of Grouse Mountain there is a ton of activity going on to get ready for all the fun things we have planned this winter. Skating Pond – Opening Soon! It’s almost time to

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. This fun, social event is a great opportunity for snowshoers of all abilities and fitness levels to get outside and enjoy the trail. From the seasoned veteran to the first time snowshoer, all are welcome to take part in the 5 km or 1 km route options. “Snowshoeing is a fun activity for people of all ages and abilities and we can’t wait to welcome them to Grouse Mountain for the Snowshoe Grind

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so these birds have a relatively safe haven here on top of the mountain - of course there are still natural predators such as cats (cougar, bobcat, lynx), coyotes and birds of prey.Until recently, this species along with Dusky Grouse was considered to be one species called Blue Grouse.  It was decided, however, that the two species were distinct enough to split into two and therefore there is no

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