ClearlyContacts.ca Grouse Grind Mountain Run
Registration is now open for the ClearlyContacts.ca Grouse Grind Mountain Run, now in its 23rd year, happening on Sunday, September 15th with two run categories.
Considered to be the annual showcase event of the Grouse Grind season, the ClearlyContacts.ca Grouse Grind Challenge draws hundreds of participants each year and has become the ultimate fitness bragging right for outdoor enthusiasts on the west coast. From elite mountain runners to leisurely hikers, the event is inclusive of every age and fitness level with an emphasis on personal goal setting and achievement.
Grouse Grind Mountain Run
The first run category is the Grouse Grind Mountain Run for elite athletes who can race the clock and do the Grouse Grind in 45 minutes or less.
Qualifying times: 45 minutes (men) and 55 minutes (women). As a special benefit for Grouse’s longest-serving Grinders, participants who are aged 65 or older do not require a specific qualifying time to participate in the Grouse Grind Mountain Run.
The cash purse up for grabs is a shared total of $5,000. Top overall finishers (1st, 2nd and 3rd placed overall male and female finishers) will be awarded $1400, $700, $400 respectively. Top male and female finishers (1st, 2nd and 3rd) in each age category will receive medals.
Grouse Grind Mountain Challenge
The second run option is the Grouse Grind Mountain Challenge for casual Grouse Grinders. There’s no need to race the clock with the latter as the idea is to simply complete the whole run, raising funds for Grind for Kids as a team or solo participant.
Course Details
- Length: 3 kilometres (1.86 miles)
- Elevation gain: 853 metres (2,800 feet)
- Base: 274 metres (900 feet) above sea level
- Summit: 1,127 metres (3,700 feet)
- Total stairs: 2,830
- Fastest-ever official time: 23:48held by Sebastian Salas, five-time reigning Grouse Grind Mountain Run champion (2008-12)
- Average time: The ClearlyContacts.ca Grouse Grind Challenge takes approximately 1.5 hours to complete, with two hours recommended for novice hikers.
- Participants: Hikers range in age from children to seniors with an equal male/female split.
All racers won’t want to miss the ClearlyContacts.ca Grouse Grind Challenge after-party at the top. $5 of each registration will go to BC Children’s Hospital Foundation.
Contest
To get the word out about the event I have an Annual Local’s Pass (year-round membership) for Grouse Mountain to give away. The Annual Local’s Pass provides great year-round value with access to our Skyride, a world of adventure and amazing benefits. All our passes now feature a dollar value pre-loading capability. Don’t let forgetting cash get between you and your post-Grind snack again.
Here’s how you can enter to win:
- Leave a comment on this post naming your favourite thing to do at Grouse Mountain – or what you would like to do with your pass should you win (1 entry)
- Post the following on Twitter (1 entry)
I will draw one winner at random from all entries at 12:00pm on Thursday, September 12, 2013. Follow Grouse Mountain on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram for updates.
Note! This contest is open to locals only as they are the only ones who can use valid Annual Local’s Passes.
Update The winner is @pool88!
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See da bears!
I haven’t been up there for years. I want to see the Grizzly Bears.
I still have never been to Grouse – so this is what I would finally do if I won the pass!
I would use the pass to go up-and-down the grind and compete with my pal who’s obsessed with doing it.
I would love to be able go do the Grouse Grind to make my way up to see the gorgious pair of Grizzlies, as well as check out many other sites available to see and do
I love grouse. Would be wonderful to win the pass.
I would use the pass to do the hikes and reach a personal best!
I like that I have a great place to bring visitors to every season that we experience here in Vancouver. We can bring them for a beautiful dinner at night, go up to ski or just hot chocolate, sleigh ride or snow shoes, hike in the summer and fall or just enjoy the tram and up and down and the spectacular tram ride. The best yet has been celebrating New Year’s eve at the restuarant. How lucky are we?
I would use the pass to go skating!
I would use the pass to go on hikes around Grouse so I can enjoy the beautiful scenery of the city! And then a lunch or dinner afterwards 🙂
I would love to win the pass! I would do the Grouse Grind or BCMC trailduring the spring and summer and ride down the Gondola to see the spectacular view, and go snowshoeing or ice skating in the winter wonderland that Grouse Mountain is!
I want to see the grizzlies & the eye of the wind. And have a meal in the Observatory!
I would love to take my toddler son to see the bears.. he’s obsessed with roaring like a bear right now, he’d love to see real ones!
eat Beavertails
Check out the restaurant!
My favorite thing to do is the snowshoe grind.
Definitely go to the restaurant.
Love grouse mountain! Both the grouse grind and snowboarding!
Eye of the Win! Hope to win
Would love to snowshoe up there!
Snowshoe! It’s so much fun, especially if you do the Snowshoe Grind, then slide all the way down!
Hiking the grind with my dad and enjoying the reward and view sipping on coconut water at the top.
I love skating on the rink in January! That, and mountain biking up the back road in summer. Its always nice to have people stare at you as you peddle around the grizzly enclosure.
snowshoe!!!
If I won the local’s pass I would do the grouse grind more often. And I would donate $10 each time to grind for kids (the $10 I would have spent on my download ticket) for the first 11 times I use it…
Seeing the grizzly bear habitat and going to the restaurant are some of my favourite things!!!
I love bringing out of town guests in the summer and snowshoeing in the winter on Grouse 🙂
I would love to be able go do the Grouse Grind, completely
the grind!
i like to see the bears
I love the Birds of Prey!
My favourite thing to do? Drink a celebratory beer at the top of the mountain! It’s the only thing that keeps me going come the 1/2 mark!
I’m 26 years old and have loved in Vancouver all my life and have NEVER been to Grouse Mountain!
My fiancé and I keep saying we are going to go do the grind, take the tram, try snow boarding, see the wildlife and enjoy a Christmas sleigh ride, but we never get around to it as our finances are usually really tight!!
I would loveeee to have a pass and to be able to go up every weekend and enjoy the view of Vancouver from way up top Grouse..I’ve seen photos..but never got to experience it first hand.
Early morning Grind climbs, and snowshoeing in the winter!
Gotta love the snowboarding
I’d love to go snowshoeing and maybe finally get the hang of ski-ing!
Beaver tails are the best reward/incentive after the Grind!!
Snowshoeing!
Snowshoeing!
The Grind, BCMC, snowshoeing, and Xcntry skiing!
Doing the grind, and having beers/nachos is the best feeling at the mountain!
I have yet to try snowshoeing at Grouse, so an annual pass would sure come in handy for that. Trying to expand my fitness activities repertoire. Great contest!
Snow shoe!
Best thing about the grind is talking to people along the way up, finding out why they do the grind.
Skiing…snowshoing….dinner overlooking Vancouver
Take the family skiing and other wonderful Grouse activities
Doing the grind in the summer and boarding in the winter!
Hike one of the world’s hardest trials is my favorite and achieve new time goals every time
Snowshoeing!
See Eagles!
It’s been over ten years since I did the Grouse Grind so I’d use the pass to get back into nature while I get in better shape!
do the grind!!
Snowshoeing!
Artists for Conservation Festival
I love skiing!
i’d like to try to ski this winter
A pass would be wonderful.
I’d go up for a bite to eat and to enjoy the amazing view 🙂 !
It is so beautiful up at the top and it is so nice to enjoy a hike! I would also love to enjoy dinner at the top.
whittle my way up the grind then enjoy some great food up top as my reward 🙂
Dinner up top for special occasions enjoying a wonderful view can’t be beat
ride the gondola .. enjoy the view .. maybe try snowshoeing
I would use the pass to hike around Grouse and get a new perspective on Vancouver.
I’d go on the Skyride!
Hiking up is something I love to do. Now riding up is something I haven’t done yet and would love to try.
grouse grind is my fav
I haven’t been to Grouse since I was maybe a little girl, so I’d definitely do everything that can be done up there! (Grouse Grind, snowboarding)
I could finally do the Grouse Grind, on my bucket list, but haven’t made it up there.
I would do the Grind because I have never done it before. I have really bad knees (Osteoarthritis among other things =\ ) and would love to try and do it. Plus it would be great exercise.
Sweat!
Get some snowshoeing in.
Get my personal time to under 50 minutes! Also, do the grind multiple times a day. ^_^
Birdwatching
The Birds of Prey! Very Cool
enjoy the view
Skate.
Snow shoe
Watching the beautiful view after doing the grind!
Complete the grind
I would take my 4 kids up to Grouse, which I’ve never done yet!
I love going snowshoeing with my family!
I’ve never done the grind! Would love to
Take in the beautiful view!
The bears and the NACHOS
Snowshoe Grind! I like snowshoeing. I like the Grind. Would like to finally combine the two, followed by a magnificent Apres in Altitudes Bistro!
wonderful view, wonderful food, great day with Hubby
Lumberjack show!! Theeeee best!
Would love to go snow shoeing!
Can’t beat the grind
The Grind
Learn how to snowshoe so that I can hike year round
Grouse has the best view. Love the sparkling city lights.
Definitely grind
I love the restaurant!
I’d do a hell of a lot more grinds if I won.
snowboarding is my favourite activity to do on Grouse Mountain. I can’t wait until the winter season starts!
I like to ski.
I love to snowboard, but now that I have a wee family, I’d like to take my kids up to see all that Grouse Mountain has to offer:)
Favourite thing to do at Grouse Mountain – reaching the top – there’s a sense of accomplishment that comes with it.