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for the winter keeping the queen warm and offering protection.  The workers cluster around the Queen and as a group they move around and slowly consume the honey stores.As the weather starts to get warm in the spring the bees start to get more active and leave the hive to check out conditions and look for food.  Once they are finding food the Queen will start to lay eggs in preparation for a new

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Bring on winter! The snow has arrived at Grouse Mountain Wow, where did autumn go?! All of a sudden, winter is just a few short weeks away and those dreams of perfect, powdered bluebird days at Grouse Mountain are about to become a reality. <cue happy sigh>Seasonal maintenance: nearly complete!Up here at the Peak of Vancouver, our mountain operations, maintenance and facilities folks

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Almost $60,000 raised in second-annual Whistler Water One Climb! Singer Victoria Duffield and nearly 900 participants flood the Grind to support Free The Children (North Vancouver) The Grouse Grind was ‘flooded’ this morning as close to 900 people clad in blue and sporting painted faces and hair hiked the iconic trail during Whistler Water One Climb in an action-packed day of fundraising and

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Social Nights Return Looking for something fun to do on your Wednesday night? Join us at Altitudes Bistro as our ever-popular Winter Social Nights return to Grouse Mountain! Starting at 6:00pm every Wednesday through to the end of March, we'll have prizes and great tunes along with food and drink specials provided by Granville Island Brewing. So, hit the trails at our Training Nights on

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A Fresh New Look for Ski Wee Grouse Mountain’s Snow School Director, Toby Barrett, wanted to refresh the Ski Wee experience at Grouse Mountain. He knew that children connect with animals and he thought that a wolf would be a powerful animal to connect to Ski Wee. “Wolves are pack animals. They are a naturally social animal. This is something that I think children in Ski Wee can identify with…the

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Bears Emerge - 2015 At the end of last week we made a decision to open the bear's hibernation den door!  It has been warm and sunny and the bears have been stirring a little bit more each day.The groggy bears emerged and checked out their outdoor hibernation yard, munched on a little bit of green grass, and then returned to sleep back inside the den.Grinder and Coola will slowly wake up more now

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Join us for Training Nights Under the Stars Join us on Monday and Wednesday evenings as we shift toward trail running and hiking. Perfect for all levels we offer social groups for those that want to enjoy a brisk hike in the alpine and medium & fast groups for those looking to test and grow their cardio and endurance. Led by our enthusiastic personal trainers and experienced guides, our

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Baby bird season grouse underway It's the time year when we start babies appearing all over the mountain - the days are longer and forage is showing up. We have our resident pair of Barn Swallows back nesting on our bear kitchen building! They are reusing their old nest from last year, but it needed a few renovations before they moved in. Swallows will take mouthfuls of mud and combine it with

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Father's Day at the Peak of Vancouver Find something for every kind of dad Summer is in full swing at Grouse Mountain and Father's Day weekend is a great time to experience all that's available. Whether your Dad is a charitable-giver, a thrill-seeker or a wildlife-lover, there is something sure to fit just right. For the hiking-aficionado Dad, Grouse Mountain is hosting two fabulous events on the

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New Snowmaking Infrastructure: In Action Half-million dollar investment increases output by over 40% When you think about winter the first thing that usually comes to mind is the fluffy white stuff: snow! Our snowmaking team likes to work hand-in-glove with Mother Nature to deliver the best (and most) snow possible to the slopes of Grouse Mountain.We’ve invested $500,000 into upgrading our

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