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Bears Getting More Active As the days begin to grow longer, Grinder and Coola are beginning to stir more often inside their bear hotel.  Recently we've even seen them leaving their bear bed den and exploring the larger section of the bear hotel.  You can check out Grinder in the video below sniffing and pawing at the fresh snow fall in the front of the bear hotel.  Both bears were also observed

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hibernation habitat - rolling in the snow to clean their coats, running to stretch their legs and spending hours wrestling with each other playfully. Of course after all of that playing they crashed hard and had some long afternoon naps.This season Grinder and Coola went into hibernation on November 21, 2011 making it 158 days that they spent inside their hotel during this hibernation session. This is on

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Spring Approaches The bears are stirring, the weather is warming Whew, things have been a little hectic here on Grouse Mountain for the past few weeks with first the Olympic Games and now the Paralympic Games. For the entire Olympic period, the NBC Today Show was broadcasting from the mountain top and there was a flurry of activity everywhere you looked. Yet, through this all Grinder and Coola

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Grouse Mountain Moment Contest Winners Read the winning entries in our Grouse Mountain Moment Contest. Congratulations to our Joshua Manuel from Vancouver - The Grand Prize-Winning Moment! Joshua Best Grouse MomentIn 2008, my 7-year-old niece was not feeling very well, and had recently returned home from the hospital. Earlier that week, I visited her in the hospital and I had given her a bracelet

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resort. With guest number exceeding over 9,000 on December 30th alone, it is safe to say that old St. Nick over-delivered.Skiers, snowboarders, snowshoers and those just looking to take in some alpine air came together throughout December to help Grouse Mountain realize a new all time record for the month, up some 12% over the previous record, set in 2007.“Well, we knew we had the snow for an epic

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Register Now for Breakfast with Santa 2014 The ho-ho-holiday season is just around the corner and the big man in red is looking forward to welcoming Grouse Mountain visitors to Breakfast with Santa! His magical elves have been hard at work putting the finishing touches on a delightful morning that you and your family won’t soon forget. Don’t delay – spots fill quickly, so be sure to reserve

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An Unusual Visitor to our Refuge Recently, I was walking around the corner of the office and caught a flash of white and blue perched nearby.  My first thought was that it was an unusual Steller's Jay, as we have quite a few that hang out nearby.  Upon closer inspection, however, it turned out to be a brilliant blue and white budgie!Budgies, or Budgerigars, are common household pets - perhaps

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Grouse Mountain is holding its 2014/15 pricing, but come June 1 pass prices will increase. So now is the time to either purchase or renew your pass. What if your pass isn’t coming up for renewal for a little while? No problem, we can lock you in at today’s pricing by processing your renewal now and extending the valid date of your pass to reflect. An Annual Local’s Pass provides additional benefits

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Grouse Grind. The Major League Soccer club were quickly followed by the Vancouver Canucks Prospects first thing Tuesday morning who also gave Mother Nature's Stairmaster their best effort under slippery conditions. Both teams used the experience for team building and fitness. Grouse Mountain is today extending a challenge to all Vancouver’s pro sports teams, the B.C. Lions, Vancouver Canadians

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metabolism.The bears were ecstatic to be outside and, after munching on some hidden food, proceeded to romp around their habitat and wrestle, slide and dig. There are some good sized snow mounds still inside the habitat and we expect that they will soon construct their usual snow caves and tunnels.  I'll be sure to post some photos when they do!Visitors to Grouse Mountain can now visit Grinder and Coola in

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