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 The Hackler from Grouse Hall "The Hackler from Grouse Hall" is a song from the Sliabh Guaire area of Cavan, Ireland, about an overzealous R.I.C. sergeant who pursued an aging hackler with a fondness for Poitín. The song was written in the late 1880s by a local man, Peter Smith, from Stravicnabo, Lavey. (In Colm Ó Lochlainn’s “More Irish Street Ballads” 1965, it is incorrectly attributed as having been written in the 1870s) An aging hackler, Pat McDonald, “Paddy Jack” was pursued and arrested by a sergeant who had come to Grouse Hall. The hackler may have been Pat McDonald