Grouse Mountain Peak of Christmas 2012
byGrouse Mountain is the Peak of Christmas in Vancouver with mountain-top ice skating, skiing, Santa’s reindeer and other snowy adventures with sweeping views high above the city.
A fire crackling in the outdoor pit, the scraping of skate blades on the ice, fresh powder falling from the sky, and the aroma of Beaver Tails wafting through the crisp mountain air. Once you purchase your lift ticket on the world-famous Grouse Mountain Sky Ride you have access to all Peak of Christmas activities, until December 24th, like visiting Santa’s reindeer Dancer and Vixen, ice skating, Christmas movies in the Chalet, a brand new Gingerbread Village this year in the Chalet and reindeer crafts including antler decorating.
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You can also purchase to special events like Breakfast with Santa or head out on a snowshoe adventure. Warm up with a hot chocolate from Lupins or the Grouse Grind Coffee Bar or stop in for a bite at Altitudes Bistro or The Observatory.
If you would like to experience the Peak of Christmas at Grouse Mountain this season I have a family prize pack available that includes: A Family Peak of Christmas Ticket (2 adults, 2 children), ice skating rentals, and a $50 Grouse Mountain gift card.
Here’s how you can enter to win:
- Leave a comment naming your favourite snowy-day activity (1 entry)
- Post the following on Twitter (1 entry)
I will draw one winner at random from all entries at 12:00pm on Thursday, December 13, 2012. The gift card can be used in any retail store or food and beverage outlet on the mountain with the exception of Starbucks. Follow Grouse Mountain on Facebook and Twitter for more information about events, activities, and conditions this season.
Update The winner is Ai Ling!
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Nothing beats making a snowman 🙂
Going skiing to Grouse mountain is my favourite snowy day activity of course!
I love skating on an outdoor rink, brings back great childhood memories!
I love going for walks in the snow and having hot chocolate after.
We love skating on the outdoor rink,and seeing the mountain decorated for christmas 🙂
At home – making a snowman. Not at home – SNOWSHOEING!!
Making snowmen or walking through the crunchy snow.
Nothing beats sledding followed by hot chocolate
building a snowman
Snowball Fights!
Making snow angels!
Snowshoeing.
Tobogganing is best! So many memories as a kid flying down the hill 🙂
Walking in the snow with the kids.
I love ice skating! But making a snowman is pretty awesome, and you don’t have to go far…
Snowball fights!!
Snowboarding!
Sledging!
Yep, it’s togogganing!
Snowshoeing is great fun!
One of my favourite snow day activities is to go snowshoeing and then resting up with a nice hot chocolate. It’s just amazing to be able to slowly walk by beautiful scenery and stop to breathe it all in.
Shovelling the snow.
outdoor skating.
So pretty!
I love après-ski.
Snowshoeing
Snowshoeing is our favourite activity…with hot chocolate afterwards of course.
Ice skating outside is a favourite!
Love going for a walk in the snow, then coming home to hot chocolate with marshmallows!
Ice skating and throwing snowballs of course!
Skating
Staying inside and drinking hot chocolate. :p
I like to shovel snow and then come inside for a big cup of hot chocolate!
Drinking hot chocolate in front of a fire after being out in the cold! Nothing beats it 🙂
Oooh that’s a hard one. Snowshoeing or just tromping around in the snow when it is silent and you can hear the snow crunch!
Snowball fight with the kids followed by steaming hot chocolate. Wonderful.
Sledding at precarious speeds down a hill.
I do enjoy shoveling the white stuff
Sledding down a snowy hill is so much fun!!
Thanks so much for the contest miss604! I’d love to go with my family!
Having a snowball fight with the kids!
skiing!!!
Snowshoeing. I just recently bought some high end snowboarding/snowshoeing outfits and am looking to head up to Grouse this winter.
Snowboarding and sipping hot chocolate!
Taking pictures of the trees covered in snow.
Tobagganning!
probably extreme tobogganist
Building a snowman
Tobogganing!
There’s nothing like skating on an outdoor rink while the snow is falling!
Our family loves looking for a frozen lake to skate on and we love snowboarding! WE LOVE SNOW!!!
a night time walk in the snow!
ice skating with my family outdoors surronded by snow was magical!!
Taking my black Lab, Indiana Jones to play in the snow. He LOVES it & he makes us laugh. He looks like a rescue dog in his red storm coat.
Tweeting this!
A nighttime snowshoe with a full moon and a thermos of hot cooca!
Skiing!
Snow angels on grouse!
My favourite snowy day activity is Snowboarding on the local mountains!!
Baking cookies and taking a walk through the snow!
Tobagganning!
What a great Christmas gift for the family!
Snow ball fight!
I love going for walks through the snow, the boys build a snowman, finished off with hot chocolate – with marshmallows of course! This year I’d love to try snow shoeing! Thanks for the chance to win!
Making a snowman! You’re never too old to make a snowman :D:D
Seeing Christmas light displays all over town!:)
Having a snow ball fight and then drinking hot chocolate afterwards!
showshoeing!
Peak time with the family would br great! No better place than up there on Grouse, Merry Christmas!
snowball fight
making snowmans!
Going for a walk in the snow or enjoying hot chocolate while looking at the snow (with the fire going of course)!
My favourite snowy activity is snowshoeing.
Zipping down an icy hill on a sled.
Favourite thing to do is snowboard!
(that or stay indoors, drink hot chocolate, and listen to Christmas tunes)
Walking the neighborhood when it’s super quiet and you can hear the snow falling!
Snowshoeing at night!
Snowshoeing!!
Oddly, shoveling.
I’m new to snow so I’m still figuring out my favourite snowy-day activity.
My favourite snowy day activity is running. It’s so quiet and peaceful, and the temperature is always just about perfect.
Making a snowman with my boys
Drink hot chocolate and spend time with family and friends 🙂
snow tubing
snowshoeing
Snow angels followed by hot choco!
downhill skiing!
Making a snowman
Snowshoeing!
Snowboarding 🙂
I love snow angels and men, but it’s been years. 🙂
Snowshoeing baby!
Skating!!
Snowball fight!
Love playing in the snow with the little ones.
snowshoeing
shoeshoeing
tobogganing
Making snowmen that look like the family and drinking hot chocolate!
Building snow forts with my children and having snowball fun, watching my havanese dog jump like a rabbit in the snow and get snowballs all over her furry legs too funny
Outdoor pond hockey, up for a bit of shinny action eh
love, love x-country skiing!
Sledding
making a snowman.
Making snow angels!! Our nieces from Ojai, California will be visiting and we would love to take them there. This will be their first White Christmas
snowshoeing and tobogganing!1
Playing in the snow!
shovelling snow
Have to go with snowshoeing.
A good snowball fight! 🙂 I would seriously love to see those reindeer though…:)
I love just walking in the snow when it is first starting to fall…everything becomes so quiet because of the blanket of snow on everything
I remember snowball fights with my brothers when I was a kid…good times 🙂
Snowshoeing on Seymour! I have yet to snowshoe on Grouse, looking forward to it this winter 🙂
Have never snowshoed – but would like to try!
Tobogganing with my cousins.
I would love to take my family here – just to experience it all!
Tobogganing on Seymour Mountain
Tobogganing on Seymour Mountain
Tubing on Seymour
Sledding!!!
Tobogganing with my kids on the nearest hill we can find!
I love making a snowman and then having a hot chocolate! 🙂
I’d love to go snowshoeing!
Yay! this would be awesome!
On a beautiful sunny snowy day I love to hear the crunch crunch crunch under my boots as I walk up the hill and then zoom down it on my toboggan!!
Doughnuts in the parking lot.
Snowball fight!!!
walking in a winter wonderland
Throwing snowballs!
drinking hot chocolate by the fire is my fave snowy day activity 🙂
I love snowshoeing!
listening to Christmas music while keeping
warm by the fireplace inside, & watching the snowflakes drift to the ground outside.
Skiing!
Snowboarding! Best!
Going out for a walk with the dogs, all wrapped up snugly and warm. Then returning home and drinking a nice warming hot chocolate.
Walking in the snow
Snowball fights of course!
snow angels
Making Snow Angels!
taking the dog for a walk and checking out the neighborhood christmas lights… then hot chocolate at home!
I love making snow angels 🙂
I love making snow angels
never get tired of sledding with the kids.
Snow angels!
Standing in the snow admiring my kids having a blast in it <3
My favourite snowy day activity has always been tobogganing!
Making snow angels, building a snowman, constructing a fort and having snowball fights.
Having a snowball fight has always been my favourite
I love going tobogganing over at Queen Elizabeth Park with family and friends! Its always a tradition when it snows 🙂
snowshoeing with the kiddies high atop Vancouvers mountains
Snowshoeing or just walking in the snow. But my favourite would be gifting this to a certain family and them enjoying this would warm my heart so much I’d be worried the snow would melt away. Ya, I know ;-). true though…
making a snowman!
Just walking around in the snow, so peaceful.
snowshoeing with family and friends 🙂
Cross-country skiing!
Skiing!
I love skating!
Curling and skating!
Snowball fight with my two kids!!
Building a snowman, complete with eyes, carrot nose and hat
X-country skiing and hot chocolate after!
Wake up early and do snow photography before it gets ruined by footprints and vehicles.
Skiing for sure!
Watching the kids learn to snowboard!
A walk in the snow with the glow of all the pretty colors of the Christmas lights with a hot chocolate in hand. And tobogganing. 🙂
Eating chestnuts!
Cross country skiing
Making snow angels!
Sledding followed by hot chocolate 🙂
My favorite snowy day activity is ice skating!
Skating!
Outdoor skating
Going to Grouse for a Sleigh ride and outdoor skate with my kids and playing with them in the snow whether building a snow fort, snow man or tobaganning.
Cross country skiing!!!!
sledding and a bon fire!
building a snow fort
building a snowman!!
Taking the dog out to play with snow.
My favourite snowy-day activity is building snowman with my family!
cross-country skiing down bunny slopes!!
Skiing
I like just snowshoeing or walking in the snow.
Skiing for sure