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Grouse Grind at Grouse Mountain Regional Park
Quick facts: Let’s face it: Grouse Grind exists as a workout trail. You won’t find peace and quiet here. No rushing streams, no beautiful lakes, no waterfalls. Instead, you will meet lots and lots of sweaty people, mostly out of breath, and all trying to hike up. There’s a sense of competition and comradery here,…
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2022-2023 Ski Season Wrap Up
We just wrapped up a fantastic ski season. Big Bro was the MVP, skiing and progressing the most. But Middle Bro had amazing improvements too, and was doing significantly better than how Big Bro did at age 3. Our first skiing session of season was Dec 28, 2022. It was a big mistake to come…
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Musings on teaching Big Bro skiing
Teaching kids skiing can be both fun and exhausting. Here I reflect on how far Big Bro has come and where we want to go next.
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Toddler Skiing Update – Grouse Mountain
Building on the success of 2020-21 skiing season, where Junior finally got into skiing after 15 visits to the ski hills, we got a season pass to Grouse Mountain this year. At first we were weary about the Skyride Tram being risky during the COVID19 pandemic, but we were relieved to find out that Grouse…