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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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Snowfall Accumulation Keeps Adding Up 11 cm in the last 12 hours This winter season just keeps getting better, and skiers and riders are rejoicing. As of 2:00pm on February 13th, Grouse Mountain has received 11 cm of fresh snow, for a total of 525 cm so far this season.Over the next few weeks there are a mix of weather systems expected, bouncing the freezing level around. Additional periods of

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Grouse Mountain’s Annual Thanksgiving Sale is Stuffed with Great Savings Extended dates for this year’s sale; ongoing from October 5th through 12th (North Vancouver) Grouse Mountain is pleased to announce the return of its Thanksgiving Gear Sale, offering fantastic savings on outerwear, base layers, accessories, gently-used equipment and more. This annual sale is a great opportunity to gear up

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Bears Begin Bear Bed Building Last week, as temperatures dropped and days continue to get shorter, Grinder and Coola began to build their bed for winter 2015.  We provided them with a large mound of Pacific Silver-Fir branches inside their bear 'hotel' and after ignoring them for quite a few days, the boys decided it was time to build a bed.Based on past years and experiments in offering them

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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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Y2Play is 90% Sold! Time is quickly running out With Y2Play now 90% sold you can't afford to wait if you want to take advantage of BC's best value snow pass. The Senior Pass category is already sold out and the others are going quickly.Y2Play provides massive savings on a winter snow pass with a Child pass for a mere $64 and an Adult just $359. Grouse Mountain has had a fabulous snow season (it’s

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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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Grinder and Coola Awake from Hibernation A sure sign that spring has officially arrived at the Peak of Vancouver, our resident Grizzlies Grinder and Coola have emerged from their winter-long nap to stretch their legs. This was the bears’ 15th hibernation at the Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife and both Grinder and Coola celebrated their 15th birthdays while in hibernation. Click

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Grouse Mountain launches 2015/16 Early Bird Winter Pass New this winter: expanded night terrain and enhanced snowmaking at the Peak of Vancouver (North Vancouver) As the 2015/16 winter ski and snowboard season approaches, Grouse Mountain is pleased to announce the return of the Early Bird Winter Pass, now on sale for a limited time. “With the 2015/16 winter season just a few short months away, we

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Visit Grouse Mountain at ROAM Winter Expo October 17th-18th, 2015 Grouse Mountain is thrilled to be part of the ROAM Winter Expo, where we will be sharing our #winterlove October 17th and 18th!Located at the Vancouver Convention Center, the ROAM Expo is a unique marketplace that brings together brands and services offering exciting and diverse ways to spend the low sun months. ROAM Expo will

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