Service Description

Date & Time: July 28, 9:00 - 3:00 pm July 29, 9:00 - 3:00 pm July 30, 9:00 - 3:00 pm July 31, 9:00 - 3:00 pm Levels: All mediums and painting abilities. Participants need to be physically able to enter and exit a helicopter but no hiking or mountaineering experience is required. Instructor: Doug Swinton Mediums Welcome: Oil, Acrylic or Gouache Maximum Number of Students: 8 Supply List: Please view the supply list at checkout or on our “Art Workshops” page. What's included: Accommodations A double occupancy room in the hotel-style CMH Bugaboos Lodge for the duration of your stay, featuring a full range of inviting onsite amenities. Food & Beverage Three meals per day – a chef-prepared breakfast and dinner plus packed lunches, après-hiking snacks and non-premium non-alcoholic refreshments. Heli-Assisted Guided Adventure Professionally accredited guides will accompany you on your adventure, featuring heli flights up and down the mountains plus return flights to your lodge. Learn more about Heli-Hiking Painting Instruction Doug Swinton will guide you through the plein air painting experience throughout your experience, including tips and tricks in the field and back at the lodge. Ground Transportation Transportation on the CMH coach from the Calgary International Airport (YYC), Canmore, Banff, Lake Louise or Golden to the CMH Bugaboos. Equipment Use of CMH hiking equipment, including boots, rain jackets, wind pants, day packs and hiking poles. It doesn’t get any better than this! Join Doug for some spectacular painting opportunities in the stunning Bugaboo Mountains! Spend a luxurious three nights at the Canadian Mountain Holidays (CMH) Bugaboo Lodge, nestled in the mountains west of Golden, BC. Jump into the helicopter with Doug and a certified guide and get delivered to some plein-air painting spots like no other. Spend time in a landscape that has captivated painters, hikers, mountaineers and adventurers like you for decades. We will paint and sketch (water and conditions permitting) in the alpine environment during the day and enjoy the comfort of the Bugaboos Lodge, an evening indoor session with Doug, fine dining and the company of other guests and world-class service from CMH staff. CMH will bus you to and from the heli-pad, or you can drive yourself there. All artistic abilities welcome, no mountain or hiking experience necessary, as the helicopter does the work for you!