On Friday, our eight o’clock am departure, led to a long trek up the side of the Grouse Mountain, also know as the Grouse Grind! As my class of 54 departed the classroom, everybody was excited. After the tiring hour and a half car ride to the North Vancouver's Grouse Grind, we headed over to the starting point of our two hour hike. Several students and Mr. Braun took less then one hour to reach the summit. The hike was pretty tiring for almost everyone, simply because the trail was in poor condition from the recent rain. Everybody enjoyed themselves and felt a sense of accomplishment with the exception being Ms. Wilson who sadly took the gondola up. Apparently she did have a doctors note excusing her!
Once we reached the top of our challenging hike our activities began. After the groups were made, certain activities were assigned for each group. One group headed over to the wind turbine, and was amazed at just about everything. From the glass floors to the massive propellers! Another group started at the bear enclosure for two orphaned grizzly cubs. A third group went to the power point video on sustainability. All but one of the groups got to see a video on the two bears Kula and Grinder that provided interesting information about the research being conducted on the bears at Grouse.
We all really enjoyed this trip from beginning to end. There were some funny and interesting parts about the whole trip. I think the coolest part was having the class's picture in the Times newspaper. I hope as a grade six student that in my grade seven year we could do this again. It was a great experience!
Hannah
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