mr.x
Oct 27, 2007, 11:12 PM
GROUSE MOUNTAIN, NORTH VANCOUVER
- total height: 1,231 m (4,039 ft)
- 365 m (skiable)
- base elevation: 274 m
- runs: 24 (13 night skiing), 17% beginner, 54% intermediate, 21% advanced, 8% expert
- 2 chairlifts, 2 ropes, 1 magic carpet
Pictures from FLICKR.
Looking south towards the Vancouver Westside, from Grouse Mountain, there is a copper sheen on the water as the sun sets. Ships queue, waiting to make their way under the Lions Gate Bridge and unload their cargo. Grouse Mountain is about a 20 minute drive from downtown Vancouver across the Lions Gate Bridge. Night views of the City and the Grouse Nest Restaurant are fantastic, even for those that don't ski. Cypress & Mt. Seymour are nearby & Whistler is about 70 km to the north of Grouse, via the Sea to Sky Hwy.
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In 1949, the first double chairlift in Greater Vancouver opened, allowing skiing down the Cut from the top of the ridge. Grouse Mountain claims this lift to have been the "world's first"; several other ski areas dispute this. In 1951, another lift – presumably one of the world's longest at the time – was opened.
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The ice skating pond near the lodge
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From the peak of Grouse Mountain, you can see the lodge below on the left bottom corner. And below, is Vancouver covered in fog.
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Near the lodge at the top of the mountain, there is a Grizzly Bear and Grey Wolf exhibit. Don't worry, they've never escaped....unless the electric fences go out - Jurassic Park all over again...These bears were originally rescued orphan cubs that could not be send back into the wild.
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Like the bears, the wolves were also found as orphans without their parents. They would not have survived in the wild.
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Capilano Suspension Bridge at the base of the mountain. 450 ft. across, 230 ft. above Lynn Canyon.
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- total height: 1,231 m (4,039 ft)
- 365 m (skiable)
- base elevation: 274 m
- runs: 24 (13 night skiing), 17% beginner, 54% intermediate, 21% advanced, 8% expert
- 2 chairlifts, 2 ropes, 1 magic carpet
Pictures from FLICKR.
Looking south towards the Vancouver Westside, from Grouse Mountain, there is a copper sheen on the water as the sun sets. Ships queue, waiting to make their way under the Lions Gate Bridge and unload their cargo. Grouse Mountain is about a 20 minute drive from downtown Vancouver across the Lions Gate Bridge. Night views of the City and the Grouse Nest Restaurant are fantastic, even for those that don't ski. Cypress & Mt. Seymour are nearby & Whistler is about 70 km to the north of Grouse, via the Sea to Sky Hwy.
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In 1949, the first double chairlift in Greater Vancouver opened, allowing skiing down the Cut from the top of the ridge. Grouse Mountain claims this lift to have been the "world's first"; several other ski areas dispute this. In 1951, another lift – presumably one of the world's longest at the time – was opened.
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The ice skating pond near the lodge
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From the peak of Grouse Mountain, you can see the lodge below on the left bottom corner. And below, is Vancouver covered in fog.
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Near the lodge at the top of the mountain, there is a Grizzly Bear and Grey Wolf exhibit. Don't worry, they've never escaped....unless the electric fences go out - Jurassic Park all over again...These bears were originally rescued orphan cubs that could not be send back into the wild.
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Like the bears, the wolves were also found as orphans without their parents. They would not have survived in the wild.
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Capilano Suspension Bridge at the base of the mountain. 450 ft. across, 230 ft. above Lynn Canyon.
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