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Climbing for a cause

The Grouse Grind will be flooded in the coming weeks on three separate occasions as community members of all ages and fitness levels rise to the occasion in the name of their favourite charity.
Climbing for a cause

The Grouse Grind will be flooded in the coming weeks on three separate occasions as community members of all ages and fitness levels rise to the occasion in the name of their favourite charity.

First off, Grouse Mountain is hosting the Whistler Water One Climb Saturday, June 14. Participants are encouraged to wear blue and flood the Grind to raise funds for clean drinking water in the Kenyan village of Kipsongol, a Free The Children project. Pre-climb rally and presentations: 9 a.m. oneclimb.ca

The following day, Sunday, June 15, the annual Seek the Peak benefitting B.C. Cancer Foundation in support of those fighting breast cancer, a 4,100-foot climb from Ambleside Park to the Peak of Vancouver at Grouse Mountain, will get underway at 8:15 a.m. Participants can face the 16-kilometre course alone or as part of a team of four in a relay. seekthepeak.ca

The following weekend Grouse is presenting the inaugural Multi-Grouse Grind Challenge, Saturday, June 21, the first official and only sanctioned event to determine the recordholder for most ascents of the Grouse Grind in a oneday period. Racers will commit to raising funds for the annual Grind For Kids campaign in support of B.C. Children's Hospital. grindforkids.ca grousemountain.com