The ride to Grouse Mountain was a quick 20 minute trip (one of the great things about living in Vancouver). This is the tail end of the Lions Gate Bridge heading into West Vancouver.
One of the best things I did after moving here was getting the annual pass for Grouse, you really do get to use it all year round. I love the tram ride up only 4 minutes and you are on the mountain.
I had a definite agenda, something to make me sweat. Here I am ice skating, no pictures of me doing any Dorothy Hammel stuff....I really didn't want to injure any of the children. The rink is huge and you can see the entire city while you're skating...
Snowshoeing was absolutely wonderful and a bit of a trek....John made it to the bottom of the slope in record time and is totally showing off.
The bear habitat was completely covered with snow, we were actually snowshoeing over it....Here is a photo of the stream that they are usually frolicking in when we are there in the summer.
This is a photo of a tree near the end of our trek. I believe the tree is mocking me.
The snow on the branches looked like knit lace.
We ended the day with a "mountain" of nachos, some local micro brewery beer (yeah) and an amazing view of the city.
And we did this on the first day of spring no less...I really love living in Vancouver.
