29 August 2013

Grouse Mountain home of the two orphaned Grizzly Bears - Grinder and Coola who now live in the 5 acre Refuge Habitat for Endangered Wildlife. There are also adopted Timber Wolves that roam freely in the protected forrest home at the base of the mountain. We had lots of fun watching the very entertaining Lumberjack show, riding the chairlift to the peak of the mountain for soectacular views over Vancouver. You could also climb the Wind Turbine for a Walk on a 20 storey high platform called the Eye of the Wind which gave the sensation of walking on the wind. You are actually 4,100 feet in the air. There was also a birds in motion demonstration of Bald Eagles and Peregrine Falcons and Owls (unfortunately it started to rain just before this started so we had to escape for cover to the Theatre in the Sky and watch a show on how the wildlife sanctuary was developed. When the baby grizzly bears first came to the centre they were about 5 weeks old and weighed 6kg at 6 months old they both weighed in over 75kg but unfortunately had had so much human contact from such an erly age they cannot be set free however they have learnt to forage for themselves and lead as normal a "bear life" as possible without any predetors. $45pp

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