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Grouse Mountain

History
Original ski
Grouse Mountain first shelter was built by hand by the Scandinavians in the 1920's. Boards removed to what became the Grouse Grind trail hiking for the company. Another company wanted to build a funicular to a private resort in the mountains, but never materialized that company. In the 1930's, a toll road was built on top through the slope of what is now running the primary ski mountain, the "Court", to reach the hostel.
The area at the bottom of the "Court" one of Vancouver's most famous ski runs is the basis original of the mountain, where the area's first lodge and rope tow were built. The base was known as the "people" to local skiers, since many cabins were built in the trees surrounding the lodge and the base of the old chairlift Court. Some of these cabins still exist and which are located below and west of the old chairlift Court. The gravel road that was built to access the database, the Old Grouse Mountain Highway, still exists and is currently used for the maintenance of the ski.
In 1949, the mountain of the first double chair lift was built, allowing the Court to ski from the top crest. Grouse Mountain asserts that this increase have been the world's first double chair lift, however, was actually the second chairlift in Vancouver after "Hollyburn" at Cypress Bowl and third in Canada after Red Mountain, the first chair in the world was in 1936 in Sun Valley. Two years later, in 1951, a longer-lift, going from a bus stop on Skyline Drive in the bottom of the mountain opened, known as the President of the village. This includes two-seater chairlift towers of wood (some of these towers and the wheels of the lift cable line are still visible on a walk after the line Chair lift the Village). Each of the chairs, for a time, equipped with a metal roof to keep dry the rain or snow skiing days during the trip to base of the old lift Court Chair.
Plane crash
On February 12, 1954, a U.S. Air Force F-86 Sabre aircraft entered the airspace Canadian State of Washington, and quickly hit the southern slopes of Grouse Mountain, near one of the old lifts, scattering debris around an area wide. The pilot, Lieutenant J. Lamar Barlow, died while strapped in his chair.
Today lodge and ski area
After a fire destroyed the original stay in the winter of 1964, the two original elevators were removed in 1970. The government of British Columbia, see the possibilities for tourism, provided the funding and permits for a new shelter to be built in the mountains, and an aerial tram ride to the top of the mountain from the valley below. The tram, known as the Blue Tram was built by the Austrian steelmaker Voestalpine and opened and inaugurated on 15 December 1966 by Prime Minister W. CA Bennett. Ten years later, the mountain was bought from original owners of the McLaughlin family in 1976. The new owner provides funds additional construction of a second antenna tram, known as red or Super Skyride tram that year.
The new ski area presidents Featured Pico and Blueberry were built in the late 1960 and early 1970, while the President additional Inferno was built in 1976. With only partial ownership of the mountain, the McLaughlin family to obtain full ownership in 1989 and proceeded to build Canada's first high definition theater, known as the Theatre in the sky, in the year 1990 by extending the existing cottage.
In Hell, cranberry and chairs began at the age peak in the mid-2000, three elevators were retired insurance issues, because, from Hell at the end of 2003 and the blueberry and the Peak of the following year. The three were replaced by the second Grouse Mountain High efficiency and speed detachable four chairs built by North American aerial lift manufacturer Leitner-Poma for the 2005 winter season. (The First was the Screaming Eagle at the Court.) The president was named the Olympic Express, instead of the recent appointment of Vancouver for 2010 Winter Games. During the Games, NBC Today coverage is broadcast live games of Grouse Mountain.
In 2008, Ortega Mountain built two new quad chairlifts, one to replace the tow cable at the bottom courtesy of the execution of Paradise and the other to replace the missing peak chair, which was closed after the Express Olympic was built in 2004. The two lifts were designed to operate at a slower rate to accommodate beginners and children.
Winter operations
Ski and snowboard
Ü ski and snowboard area, located on the southern slope of the mountain, operates in the winter months between December and May, approximately. Is reached by taking the gondola from the base to the top of the mountain chalet and cottage, with four lifts (two high speed quads, the screaming eagle and Olympic Express, and two quads, the Greenway and the Peak of Presidents) provide 26 races, half of which are lit for night skiing and snowboarding.
The biggest race in the mountains is the Court, one of the two tracks for beginners, which is easily visible from the Vancouver area. It runs along the Screaming Eagle chairlift. East of the Court are several intermediate runs, with skiers and snowboarders to the Olympic Express has access to more eastern mountain experts runs, most of which come from 4,100 feet up the mountain. In total, Grouse Mountain has three green (beginner), 15 blue (intermediate) six black diamond (advanced) and two double black diamond (expert) runs. There are also three terrain parks open to the beginner to intermediate terrain Novato and Paradise Parks gallows, as well as through expert Quiksilver Terrain Park.
Grouse Mountain is also home to the Tyee Ski Club, an organization for training children and youth to be competitive alpine ski racers in slalom, giant slalom and super giant slalom skiing. The club also has a more Latest snowboard racers.
In addition to the 305 annual inches of natural snow, the mountain uses 37 snow cannons covering 75% of the land skiing and snowboarding, artificial snowmaking. With the ability to extend the season of snow in the spring and compensate for fluctuations in climate, the mountain invested in a self-reported $ 7 million in snowmaking equipment more than a decade covering the mid-1990 and 2000.
Snowshoes
The Munday Alpine Snowshoe Park includes four major fixed snowshoes beginner-intermediate trails Blue Grouse and three trails loop around Mountain Dam and Thunder Bird Ridge.
Ice Skating
Along the top of the mountain chalet and present is an ice rink outdoor 8,000 square meters.
Summer Operations
Grouse Grind
Grouse Mountain
Elevation
1,231 m (4039 ft)
Prominence
86 m (282 ft)
Location
Location
British Columbia, Canada
Range
Howe Sound Group
Coordinates
492310 1230435 / 49.38611N 123.07639W / 49.38611, -123.07639
Topo map
NTS 92G/06
An elevation profile of the track
Grouse Mountain is also the location of a very popular trail known as the Grouse Grind. It is a path very steep mountain that rises 853 m (2,799 feet) over a distance of 2.9 km (2 miles), with an average grade of 30 degrees. The trail, called "Mother Nature's Stairmaster ", is notoriously hard due to its slope and hilly terrain. The hikers, who often time on the road, reach the top in about 90 minutes on average, though some who are very fit can finish in 45 minutes.
Don McPherson and Phil Severy routine built in the 1980 invitation of the region and owners of Grouse Mountain.
In September 2009, these are the fastest officially recorded promotions: (Note: The unofficial record is on the Way Muela only, while there is a slight additional distance to the finish line for the event Muela Mountain run the official record. was programmed correctly, but in a further course short.)
Event
Person
Time (min: sec)
Date
Unofficial General Register
Jonathan Wyatt
24:22
June 12, 2004
Annual Grouse Grind Mountain run (men)
Sebastian Salas
25:24
From September 20, 2009
Grouse Mountain Annual Implementation Muela (Female)
Leanne Johnston
31:04
September 21, 2007
Sebastian Albrecht of Vancouver has the record for most ground out over a period 24 hours after making the climb 13 times on 22 June 2009.
The difficulty of the course is often underestimated. North Coast Rescue held every year numerous rescues of hikers that the collapse in the routine Grouse, or start late at night and are not prepared to find their way in the dark.
Gallery Photo
Skyride in October
Closeup Skyride
Wolf
Carved wooden bear in winter
Wood carving (October)
Grinder and Coola
Trees
Bear habitat
Vancouver as seen from Grouse Mountain
The Grouse Grind Trail
Trivia
Grouse Mountain and its cable car Standing in fiction "Skyland Mountain in Virginia's Blue Ridge, in a 1994 episode of the TV show The X-Files in which Dana Scully is kidnapped the top of the mountain. The X-Files was filmed in the Vancouver region for its first five years.
His ski lodge and facilities also used in the filming of the modern film adaptation of the popular cartoon character Mr. Magoo
See also
Mountains of North coast
Pacific Ranges
Cypress Mountain
Mount Seymour
References
^ See riblet Titanyron Tram, Wire Rope and Western Resource Towns
^ "1954 USAF F86 Crash Grouse Mountain – newspaper accounts of the time." http://www.ufobc.ca/kinross/otherAcct/otherAcctGrouseMtnNewsArt.htm.
^ "The pilot's family gathers at the scene. Lt. Lamar J. Barlow died in a U.S. air force F-86 at Grouse Mountain" (Times-Colonist, June 15, 2009)
Abc ^ "Grouse Mountain Trail Map Winter 2008" (PDF). Grouse Mountain. Http: / / www.grousemountain.com/files/PDF/map-winter-2008.pdf. Retrieved on 09/25/2009.
Abc ^ "Grouse Mountain Trail Map and Statistics." Grouse Mountain. Http: / / www.grousemountain.com / Winter / skiing-riding / vancouver-bc-ski-snowboarding-trail-map.asp. Retrieved 25/09/2009.
^ "Park Land: A cut above the rest." Grouse Mountain. http://www.grousemountain.com/Winter/skiing-riding/terrain-park/. Retrieved on 09/25/2009.
^ "Of snow." Grouse Mountain. http://www.grousemountain.com/Winter/skiing-riding/vancouver-bc-skiing-snowboarding-snow-making.asp. Retrieved on 09/25/2009.
^ "Snowshoes." Grouse Mountain. http://www.grousemountain.com/Winter/winter-activities/snowshoeing/. Retrieved on 09/25/2009.
^ Information about the Grouse Grind
^ Ab "Corridor Summits Grouse Grind a record 13 times." CBC News. 06.23.2009. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/06/23/bc-grouse-grind-record-set.html. Retrieved 06.23.2009.
^ Ebner, Dave (25/07/2009). "Making the routine Grouse." Globe and Mail T1/T4 pp. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/travel/doing-the-grouse-grind/article1230259/. Retrieved on 07/29/2009.
^ CBC article
^ Grousegrind statistics
^ McMartin, Pete (6/23/2009). "Fighting Grouse Grind 13 times in a day is an uphill battle. "Vancouver Sun. pp A4. http://www.vancouversun.com/Life/Tackling+Grouse+Grind+times+uphill+battle/1722999/story.html. Retrieved on 06/23/2009.
^ Jones, Tim (03/18/2005). "Grouse Grind open for hiking." North Shore News.
^ Vancouver Sun – Entertainment Local
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