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Seek the Peak Relay 2011 The 8th Annual Seek The Peak Relay raising funds for Rethink Breast Cancer is taking place on Saturday, July 16th.  The challenging 16-kilometer course starts on the beach at Ambleside Park in West Vancouver, winds its way through North Vancouver, then heads up the legendary Grouse Grind® to the Peak of Vancouver.  Seek the Peak is not strictly a race for elite athletes

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. She has a one, three and five year old. She is an amazingly strong person who is pulling from every ounce of her body the will to keep fighting. I watched while she struggled to eat, threw up and then was so exhausted that all she could manage was to make it to her room to sleep. There was nothing I could do but just be there and although that should be enough it certainly didn't feel like it.The

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really starts to begin. Once runners begin the Palisades Trail, we will face an 800 meter climb up a section of technical trail and a series of stairs. Capilano to the base of Grouse Mountain is a total of 6KM in distance, but is the beginning of a great climb to the top. If you haven’t started preparing your legs for this sort of elevation increase, it’s time to begin. Remember - Grouse has a great

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Enjoy Happy Hour on the SkyDeck It all starts today on Grouse Mountain’s newest patio space, SkyDeck. This cool & contemporary outdoor space gets even more appealing with a special Happy Hour. Every Monday through Friday, between 3-6pm, enjoy special Happy Hour pricing on beverages including wine, beer and cocktails. It’s quintessential summer - soaking up the sunshine with a bevie in hand

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2010 in honour of the Olympics Anniversary and the 1 year countdown to 2014 in Sochi. For 36 consecutive hours until 10:00pm Sunday February 10, activities including after-dark snowboard and ski contests, sunrise snowshoe treks, torch parade, shopping, dining and everyone’s favorite junior pond hockey tournament will be on offer for night owls and early risers of all ages. Parents and kids of all

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Virgin Radio Job Swap with Nat Nat from Virgin 95.3 swaps jobs with Wildlife Manager, Devin Manky Our Wildlife Manager, Devin Manky, recently took part in Nat & Drew's Job Swap program at Virgin 95.3. It was a one day job swap, and the day started off with Devin heading over to the station to help host the morning show. After the "Nat, Drew & Devin" show wrapped up, they headed back here

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Get Your Votes In Quiksilver Photographer and Filmmaker Showdowns Quiksilver Showdown Over the City took place at Grouse Mountain March 23 & 24 under glorious sunny skies. The riding was mind blowing. Five filmmakers captured the action and told the story from their own unique point of view. All five short films are excellent and available to view, and vote on, courtesy of our friends at

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Grinder & Coola Emerge from Hibernation April 28, 2008, North Vancouver, BC - Grinder and Coola, resident grizzly bears at Grouse Mountain’s Refuge for Endangered Wildlife, came out of hibernation on Friday afternoon after their longest hibernation period to date. Extreme snow conditions and unseasonably cool temperatures have a big impact on the length of their hibernation. After digging

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Avian Predators Practicing Young Sharp-shinned Hawks Learn to Hunt I was woken this morning by a high-pitched chirping bird call and upon further investigation I discovered that a pair of young Sharp-shinned Hawks, or Sharpies as they are affectionately referred to, were practicing their hunting outside the Wildlife Centre here on Grouse Mountain.  Their chirps seemed to be out of frustration at

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Wind Energy and its Merits Ten Key Findings Our age of unprecedented information access can often generate more questions than answers. With so much knowledge just a click away, how do we sort fact from fiction? When Grouse Mountain began to investigate wind as a source of clean energy, it experienced a classic case of information overload. The resort’s first order of business was to sift through

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