{"id":486311,"date":"2026-02-19T22:57:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T22:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/486311\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T22:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T22:57:09","slug":"grouse-grind-re-closes-after-winter-weather-on-north-shore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/486311\/","title":{"rendered":"Grouse Grind re-closes after winter weather on North Shore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After opening unseasonably early this month, the North Shore\u2019s Grouse Grind has closed again.<\/p>\n<p>As of Thursday, the Metro Vancouver Regional District says the notoriously challenging trail is shut, citing \u201chazardous winter conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The trail had reopened on Feb. 5, following record-breaking warm temperatures across B.C. This week, temperatures dropped, and a special weather statement forecasted snowfall in higher elevations.<\/p>\n<p>Both snow and upcoming trail maintenance work, the MVRD says, have \u201cresulted in conditions that are not safe for public access.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to 1130 NewsRadio, a representative says the Grouse Grind is \u201cclosed now until late March\u201d with plans to re-evaluate the conditions once the trail maintenance is complete.<\/p>\n<p>The nearby BCMC Route remains open, but the district says hikers can expect snow and icy conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After opening unseasonably early this month, the North Shore\u2019s Grouse Grind has closed again. As of Thursday, the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":486312,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-486311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}