Grouse Mountain mild as the Lower Mainland. In December (the coldest month statistically), Grouse Mountain has an average high and low of and respectively. This freeze/thaw cycle can allow for large amounts of rain to fall on some occasions every winter. Nonetheless, heavy snow is more frequent in the winter, which allows for a deep snow-pack, lasting on average from mid-November until early May. Summer is warm and relatively dry. August is the warmest month, with an average high and low of and respectively. Grouse Mountain has built an observation deck (accessible by elevator) on a 1.5 megawatt wind turbine of Leitwind
The Hackler from Grouse Hall with Jemmy from Grouse Hall”, vowed to find the “man who wrote the song”, and have him before the judge. In the period after the Famine many town shopkeepers bought tracts of countryside and in many cases were as uncaring as the traditional planter landlord. One such, whom he describes as “bloated and bluffed, a boycotted draper, in Ballyjamesduff”, is castigated in “The Calico Landlord”. Finally in "Petie’s Cat" he regales the foibles of some neighbours who allow a row over a cat to make it to a court hearing in Ballyjamesduff. The Hackler from Grouse Hall "The Hackler from