Tips on Surviving the Grouse Grind

[@kevinle5460]

Pace yourself. That's the secret as a beginner. Don't underestimate it, manage your energy. Keeping a steady pace is generally the best strategy. First quarter is the easiest, from there it only gets harder as it becomes steeper! Brutal middle section before a bit of levelling off near the end. Seen a ton of beginners race off in the beginning only to get caught by more steady hikers a halfway through. If you're serious about doing it regularly, get a running watch. Monitoring your heart rate and going by zones is the best way to maximize your training and improve the fastest.

[@LacHong3541]

Thanks for the heads up! I’m going there for the first time. I’m 66 and I hope i can make it.

[@kevinle5460]

@@LacHong3541 Awesome. I'd suggest goomg super super slow in the beginning, like slow walking and don't feel bad if people pass you. If you can keep the same slow pass for an hour, you will pass 90% of people

[@misterfunnybones]

It's getting ridiculously busy. BCMC, Larsen, Simic, Skyline are other options. I remember doing it in the 80's & 90's, free download. Then mid 90's 5$ download, then $10, now $20.

[@mdr817]

It took my daughter 16, son 17, wife 49, and myself 50 years old 3 hours. Halfway we all felt the pain and torture LOL. But we did finish.

[@LacHong3541]

👏👍🎉

[@andyo1872]

I cant remember if it was this mountain or not.. It was over 20 years ago. We went to a mountain as a school field trip. I was the slowest ... and I was alone. It took me about 3 hours to reach top to meet my class. Weather was not good it was all wet and cloudy.

[@Monscent]

"for sure" is such a canuck thing

[@goodvibesandhealing]

It took me 2hrs the first time

[@vladbcom]

The camera person is the unsung hero / heroin of this whole thing lol

[@Paolo8772]

I want to make something clear: Grouse Mountain has their stats wrowing. If one goes to any topographical map, or looks at some older stats, the bottom of the Grind/Skyride is 970' and the top 3600' making the Grind/Skyride 2,630. Worse, the ski terrain stats re the elevation of the bottom of The Cut says 2,750 on modern maps but it's always been more lie 2,950, a making the bottom of the skiable terrain the Blueberry Bowl, which is 2,850 and the peak is actually about 4,050 making the skiable vertical 1,200' What bugs me is that Grouse Mountain doesn't have to lie about this; it's not like people will boycott them if they change the stats to conform to the actual true elevations and topography.

[@linyan9299]

Finally you guys will get use to hiking down the mountain with the hiking experience and physical ability.

[@shutupplease4090]

Dam imagine going here for a job interview and the cable car is out of service

[@dustinmcgladrey562]

I wanna hear from the camera person!

[@denelson83]

I've never been up to Grouse. And I live on the other side of the Strait.

[@subscriptions3709]

I went up it when I was 7

[@FreshAirRules]

This is TERRIBLE advice. The #1 clothing to bring/wear that people never think of are GLOVES. They allow you to use your hands and stay close to the ground when needed. It makes all the difference in the world in the steeper parts. Its also a lot safer as when you're standing more vertically you're more apt to fall (backwards). Its impossible to fall backwards when you're using your hands in the steeper parts and the steeper parts are when you're most likely to fall backwards. People tend to push themselves and can get a little light headed or woozy with fatigue so you want to do everything you can to ensure safety. You don't want to have an accident so far away from everything. You are NOT close to an ambulance up there and its covered in trees so no helicopter can land nearby. Go before you eat anything that day only drinking lots of water beforehand so you don't have to carry any. Start sipping water 2-3 hours before to fully hydrate yourself (with purified, room temperature water, never cold as then you can't drink nearly as much). Water is heavy - you don't want to carry it. If you consume salt on a daily basis you'll probably need water because that salt is dehydrating you as you eat it. Cut out salt! Also if you consume refined carbs (white bread/rice/pasta) you'll find it much more difficult doing this on an empty stomach because your blood sugar is flying up and down and will be down by the morning. Actually eating refined carbs makes people need breakfast for the sugar boost because what they ate last night has been depleted already. Complex carbs give you energy for about 24 hours. So as almost everyone eats refined carbs......well you know what to do. Anybody with functioning legs and who is exercising regularly should be under an hour and once you're at a reasonable fitness level under 40 minutes. Stair Machines at gyms really do help if you want to prepare beforehand which is an excellent idea.

[@christopher0261]

If uve ever been up there it’s pretty much like rape for your legs