Photography by Mike Mander | Grouse Mountain

Grouse Mountain

September 5, 2015

The day on Grouse Mtn. started out gray and overcast, and the grizzly bears (1-7), Coola and Grinder, seemed a little depressed by the weather too. After observing the bears for a while, the next stop was the lumberjack competition (10-38). At the end of the competition, what earlier seemed to be an obnoxious tourist, getting in the way with his camera, decided to grab some gear and start climbing up one of the 60 foot tall poles (32). On top, he proceeded to "plank", juggle and even do a headstand, finally snapping some shots of the scenery on his cellphone camera. What I didn't catch on camera was when he lost balance and... slid down one of the supporting guy-wires on a safety line. Obviously it was all an act, but a few people actually seemed worried about this guy, thinking he really was just a crazy tourist!

The last thing we did on Grouse was to watch the raptor show, photos 40-61. With the improving weather and beautiful birds of prey, this was the highlight of the day for me. During the "Birds in Motion" show, the raptors flew back and forth between two handlers and several perches, sometimes skimming over the crowd with wingtips mere inches away from people's heads. Very cool! Walking back down to the Skyride, we came across a few deer and then had some nice light for the quick trip back down the mountain...

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