Grouse Mountain Chairlift

Scheduled to open in 2025, one of Grouse Mountain‘s newest summer attractions is a gravity-powered coaster that sends riders careening down the mountainside.

Cypress Mountain has already had its own Eagle Coaster for a couple of years now. Soon Grouse will have something similar of its own. As part of its summer expansion, Grouse also plans to develop a mountain bike terrain park too.

Grouse Mountain’s Coaster Ride

Grouse Mountain is one of the premier attractions on the North Shore. There is plenty to do at the mountain throughout the year, and something new on the horizon is the Grouse Mountain Coaster.

Currently under construction, the coaster is very similar to the Cypress Eagle Coaster over on neighbouring Cypress Mountain. Grouse’s planned coaster is a 1.4 km long track where people ride in small carts down the mountain. There’s no engine or other power involved. The carts roll down the track entirely through the power of gravity!

When Will It Open?

The coaster is scheduled to open in the spring of 2025. An exact opening date and details on how much the coaster will cost are TBD as of the fall of 2024. For comparison, the Cypress Eagle Coaster costs about $35 for one ride or $53 for two rides.

The coaster isn’t the only new attraction opening on the mountain next spring! Grouse is also planning to unveil its new Mountain Bike Park around the same time. The bike park will be accessed by a chairlift and feature a series of forested trails to explore.

What to Expect

The Grouse Mountain Coaster drops over 90 metres in elevation over the course of its nearly kilometre and a half-long track. The carts are built for just one or two people. Adults can ride solo or with a child as a passenger. Two adults can’t ride in the same cart.

Riders have the ability to control exactly how fast they go by using a braking system on the cart. Don’t brake at all and the cart can fly down the track at up to 45 km an hour! Use the brake the whole time and the cart can go as slow as a crawl. (Don’t do that though, you don’t want to slow up the line of people waiting for their turn!)

The cart is pulled back up to the starting position using an automated system once it reaches the bottom. Riders don’t have to do anything once they get to that point. Just enjoy the steady climb up past some great mountain views!

More Activities at Grouse Mountain

There is plenty to enjoy at Grouse Mountain during the summer. The Grouse Grind is great for those who want to get some exercise in before taking a coaster ride as a fun reward. The Skyride gondola is a similarly great (and much less tiring) way to get up to the top of the mountain.

Other activities on Grouse include Ziplines, ropes courses, plenty of hikes, lumberjack and bird shows, and even outdoor movie screenings!

To learn more about what the mountain has to offer during the warmer months, check out our Grouse Mountain Summer Activities article.