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Five minutes further north of Capilano is Vancouver's winter playground, Grouse Mountain, where there's an almost limitless range of outdoor activities to keep you warm and entertained. Whether you're a beginner, experienced, old, young or young-at-heart. You can take your pick from going cross-country skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing and downhill skiing or taking a few lessons first.

Other treats include tandem paragliding, helicopter tours and sleigh rides for the kiddies. For summer sport the steep 45?, 853-metre (2,800 ft) 'Grouse Grind' is a deceptively strenuous hike up the rugged face of the mountain or you could opt for two wheels on the 25km (15.5 mile) West Coaster Mountain Bike Tour. Probably the least exhausting activity at Grouse Mountain other than relaxing in the Grouse Nest Restaurant is the Skyride, which gently decamps you from the foot of the mountain to the plateau some 1,127 metres (3,700 ft) above sea level.