Opening Friday for the 83rd Winter Season!

Enthusiastic Skiers and Riders: Come Get Your First Taste of Paradise!


Get your snow gear! Mother Nature is right on time for us to open the 2009/2010 ski and snowboard season tomorrow. We can't wait to see you tomorrow as we open Paradise Bowl and the Greenway Chair at 4pm. Operating hours will be from 9am to 10pm following opening day.

Until further notice, skiers and riders can access downhill terrain for the cost of General Admission.

Expect more runs to open as snow conditions deepen, and we can all look forward to welcoming multitudes of snow enthusiasts as we work hard towards another robust season.

For up to date information about lift, run and activity status, visit our Mountain Report daily.

Early snowfall appears at the Peak of Vancouver

Fall weather at Grouse Mountain bodes well for coming winter

Snow graced the peak of Grouse Mountain today, signaling the coming winter in Vancouver may bring another robust season of flurries. The heavy rainfall this afternoon temporarily turned to snowfall at the highest altitude of the resort, and came as a pleasant surprise to onlookers.

Snow enthusiasts will soon be able to swap their sunglasses for goggles at Grouse Mountain as the city begins to look ahead to an exciting winter season. The brief arrival of snow and significant drop in temperature come at a time when Grouse Mountain is readying for the spectacular annual Peak of Christmas festivities, and anticipating guests from around the world during the Winter Olympic Games.

Grouse Mountain is committed to continuously adding value to the alpine experience for its loyal guests, as well as enhance the experience with even more activities including ziplining (now available year-round) and 24/7 operations during the Olympics. We look forward to the next snowfall and another excellent winter season!

The Eye of the Wind energy tower construction complete

Today was an unforgettable day. It marked the completion of construction on the Eye of the Wind energy tower at Grouse Mountain and has forever changed the face of alternative, clean energy in British Columbia. We have worked long and hard towards this day and there is a degree of emotion attached to witnessing the structure complete. We have a way to go before it is fully operational and guest accessible, but the completion of the structure solidifies this amazing project as a reality to all of us.

Stay tuned for more updates on the progress concerning elevator installation and readiness for energy production. Thanks to all for your support and enthusiasm. We'll see you in the ViewPod very soon...

Wind Tower reaches 65 metres

Our wind turbine reached new heights today as the third tower section was lifted into place. Next, the ViewPod – our custom built observation deck - was lifted to its new home looking out over Vancouver. The ViewPod is the only structure of its kind in the world – a true engineering marvel. It is seven metres in diameter, over 30,000lbs, and offers a 360 degree view of the Lower Mainland, surrounding mountains and the operating wind turbine. The last stage for today was to lift the machine carrier (some call it the nacelle) to the very top of the tower. The machine carrier allows the blade assembly to rotate about the tower and supports the generator, hub and three turbine blades. With the machine carrier in place, the tower has now reached its final 65 metres in height.

Tomorrow, the construction continues.

Tower Assembly Begins

Today assembly of the Grouse Mountain Turbine officially began. This morning, drivers along the Second Narrow’s Bridge may have noticed the first tower section upright on the top of Peak. We had some challenges bringing the section up Heaven’s Sake ski run because of the sheer weight. The construction crew worked seamlessly to lift the first section into the air, lower it gently in place and bolt it to the foundation. This concrete foundation is installed on bedrock and has 15-metre deep rock-anchors. Next, the middle tower section was lifted and secured into place on top of the first. So we now have a 40 metre tall white tower on our mountain. Assmebly will continue tomorrow.

Photo: Devin Manky

19th Annual BMO Grouse Grind Mountain Run

The Grouse Grind record has been broken.

Sunday, September 20th saw 22-year-old Sebastian Salas from West Vancouver walk away from the 19th Annual BMO Grouse Grind Mountain Run as the new record holder with an official time of 25:24. Very impressive. The former record was 26:17 set by Michael Simpson at the 2007 event.

In other Grouse Grind related news, the last Grouse Grind Social Night of the season takes place tomorrow evening, September 23rd from 6pm in Altitudes Bistro. Don't miss it!

The Grouse Grind is currently open 7:00am to 5:30pm daily; the hours are not expected to shift again until Friday, October 9th.

Three tower sections brought to the mountaintop

The middle and upper tower sections slowly crawled to the top of Grouse Mountain this morning via our back Mountain Highway. This means all components for the wind turbine are officially sitting ready on our mountain. The tower sections will not be brought to the actual project site until a few moments before they are actually erected into place. This is necessary because the project site has an exceptionally small footprint and can only handle so much gear at one time – just one of the many challenges associated with constructing a wind turbine on a mountain top. Today the crane assembly was completed and final preparation work is in motion. We are hoping for sunny skies this week.

For more images from the trek up Mountain Highway, visit our Wind Turbine Flickr Set.