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Heli-hiking in B.C.’s Bugaboo Mountains
A glimpse into the world of heli-hiking in B.C.’s Bugaboo Mountains, some of the most inaccessible peaks on Earth
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Join us: Photography workshop in the Bugaboo mountains with Neil Ever Osborne
With the majestic Bugaboo Spires as your backdrop, this August workshop with Canadian Mountain Holidays will allow you to create images that have a purpose
Visual storytelling uses a series of photos to share a narrative about a place, a character, an issue or a cause. This August, tell your story under the guidance of Canadian Geographic Photographer in Residence Neil Ever Osborne.
With the majestic Bugaboo Spires as your backdrop and using multi-day helicopter rides to access vantage points under ideal light, this three-day August workshop with Canadian Mountain Holidays and Nikon Canada will allow you to create images that have a purpose.
Throughout this collaborative experience, you will learn how to make a compelling photographic essay while revealing the personal story behind your images. You’ll gain a deeper appreciation for the power of a series of images that can be used to engage audiences, and take your photographic pursuit to another level.
At the same time, enjoy the hospitality and comfort of the Bugaboos, CMH’s original backcountry luxury lodge, nestled at the foot of the stunning Bugaboo Glacier in British Columbia.
This workshop runs from August 11 to 14 and is open to photographers with moderate to advanced experience.
There are still spaces left in this one-of-a-kind photographic workshop. Contact Canadian Mountain Holidays to learn more details, and get a taste for the experience through Neil Ever Osborne’s photographs, below.
Awake in your room, walk just outside the lodge and witness first light hitting the Pigeon Feathers next to Houndstooth Peak, the prominent peak coming out of Bugaboo Glacier.
Previous workshop participant Jim Barber awaits arrival of the heli at Bugaboo lodge before he departs for a flight over the Bugaboo Group in the Purcell Mountain Range.
The light dances within the Bugaboo Group in the Purcell Mountain Range after gaining an advantage point to make images in some of the most inaccessible mountain peaks in Canada. This one-of-a-kind educational workshop provides breathtaking backdrops to photograph but its the conversation about the images that participants enjoy the most.
Workshop participants follow the safety protocol as they get dropped off by helicopter in the Purcell Mountain Range.
Work hard, play hard, and eat very well at CMH’s original backcountry luxury lodge, nestled at the foot of the stunning Bugaboo Glacier in British Columbia.
Bugaboo Glacier, with Houndstooth, Pigeon and Snowpatch Spires with evergreens in the foreground is a scene participants can photograph during the Visual Storytelling workshop.
Neil Ever Osborne uses his photography and visual storytelling to start a conversation. If an image can be the impetus behind a dialogue that matters, then the image is doing work. In this unique photography workshop Neil discusses his perspective and philosophy of the changing landscape of photography. Participants are encouraged to play a role.
Lyle Grisedale (left) and Dave Butler (right) on Kain Ridge have long been visiting the Bugaboo Group in the Purcell Mountain Range. Their expertise, knowledge of the land and passion for being outdoors making imagery adds another dimension to the workshop. Like us, they are very fortunate to access the mountain peaks, as often as they do so they know where to go to make that image that matters most.
The famous wilderness advocate John Muir said, “Keep close to Nature’s heart…and break clear away once in awhile, and climb a mountain, or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.” We do this with helicopters.
Alpine 212 lands in Bill’s Pass (headwaters of Vowell Creek) with guide Ryan Bavin holding packs.
West aspect of the Howser Towers in the Bugaboo Group in the Purcell Mountain Range, British Columbia, Canada is just one of those images you have to make one day.
Canadian Mountain Holiday Bugaboo Lodge with Bugaboo Creek drainage in background in the Bugaboo Group in the Purcell Mountain Range, British Columbia, Canada.
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