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Bears Enter 24th Hibernation on Grouse Mountain A couple weeks ago, on November 20th, 2024, Grinder and Coola entered their 24th winter dormancy/hibernation period here at the Wildlife Refuge.The bears first arrived here back in 2001 after being orphaned in the wilds of BC.  They spent the last couple months bulking up on fish and proteins to help them prepare for their big sleep. Then, as our

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Bears vs Pumpkins A Pre-hibernation treat A couple weeks ago our bears got treated to some Halloween pumpkin treats.It was a final feast before moving into their hibernation area and starting their winter preparations.Before delivery to the bears our Wildlife Rangers opened up the pumpkins, but left the popular insides for the bears to chow down on. In addition we stuffed some extra goodies

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The Theatre in the Sky Learn about Grouse Mountain and mountain culture in our mountaintop high definition cinema.Please check today's hours before your visit to The Theatre in the Sky.Today's Hours Now Showing: •TADPOLES: The Big Little Migration Four years ago Maxwel Hohn began filming tadpoles in a small lake on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. What he saw had a profound impact, so much so

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Bears Enter 23rd Hibernation at Grouse Mountain sleepy bears Today marks the first official day of the 2023/2024 hibernation/winter dormancy period for our two Grizzly Bears - Grinder and Coola.Both bears had been slowing down a lot over the past two weeks and their last full meal was a little over a week ago.  With the food disappearing and their bellies full from a two month hyperphagia period

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; Scott Moir - 2010 Canadian Gold Medalist ice dancers. Tanith Belbin & Benjamin Agosto - 2006 Silver Olympic Medalist ice dancers. Tracy Wilson - 1988 Olympic Bronze Medalist ice dancer and television figure skating analyst. Johnny Weir - American Olympic figure skater. Dorothy Hammill - 1976 Olympic Gold Medal figure skater for the USA. Nancy Kerrigan - 1994 Silver Medalist skater.Hidezaku Tojo

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Young Barn Swallows have now Fledged Getting Ready to Migrate! A little while ago we brought news that our Barn Swallow Web Camera was not going to work as planned this year.  This was because instead of using the nest that the camera was focused on, the Barn Swallows decided to literally 'nest on camera' and built a nest right on top of our webcam!!!They built the nest really quickly (out of mud

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Grinder and Coola enter upper Pond habitat 2017 This morning was one of snow play and tunnel digging for our two resident Grizzly Bears, Grinder and Coola. Our mountain teams had been working hard over the past couple weeks to prepare the 2.5 acre Upper Pond habitat for Grinder and Coola. The bears came out of hibernation on April 28th, about three weeks ago, and have been living in their

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Grizzly bear weigh-in Grinder and Coola, our two resident Grizzly Bears, have now been at the Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife for 16 years! During this time we've seen them grow from 60lb cubs to the full size adult bears that they are today. For most of their time here we could only weigh them during their medical check-ups when they were under sedation, but a couple years ago

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Teachings by Squamish Elder, William “Kwel-A-A-Nexw” Nahanee Just listening to Willie speak, you can feel the passion behind his words. William “Kwel-A-A-Nexw” Nahanee, better known to everyone as Willie, has been a part of Grouse Mountain’s education program since its inception 15 years ago and is still as excited about sharing his culture with students as the day he started. In that time

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