Meet one of the Artists behind our retail designs - Emily Beaudoin

Meet Emily – a familiar face at CMH and a woman of many talents; former CMH Operations Coordinator, travel guide, and the artist who transformed our skis and logo wear into her canvas. 

Having been drawn to creativity from a young age, it was always one of Emily’s dreams that one day she would be able to combine her two great passions: art and the outdoors. 

In 2018, Emily joined the CMH team in the head office as the Ops Coordinator.

“I’d been working as a Backroads Travel guide that same summer and fell in love with the lodges, the culture and the amazing heli-hiking and heli-skiing at CMH. One of the Area Managers realized how much of a nerd I was about mountain rescue, and he told me to apply for the Ops role,” she reminisced.  

“I spent two winters in the position in Banff and learned a ton, as well as having the great privilege to visit CMH Bobbie Burns, Bugaboos, Gothics and Kootenay.”  

Emily has since moved on to other adventures full-time but continues to work with CMH as a freelance artist, collaborating on designs for some of the merchandise in our retail shops and other special projects.

 “I take a lot of photos while I’m up at the lodges to work from. I paint en plein air (in the open air) whenever I can while I’m up there as well. I even created one of the T-shirt designs for the Bugaboos while I was in the rooftop hot tub at the lodge."

“I really love to paint in the moment; that feeling of perching on a peak or a ridge and painting as fast as I can to capture the essence of the place is so exhilarating. Painting in the landscape adds an extra layer of magic to the work because the piece will be affected by and imbibed with the weather, bugs, hunger (although that is a rare sensation while up at the lodges!), cold, blisters etc. It’s all part of the process, and I like to think that the viewer can somehow feel the amount of effort, love and determination it takes to complete a piece out in the mountains.” 

The inspiration for this seasons design is the Canoe Glacier, an iconic area in the Cariboo mountains. Check out the design here on our lookbook under "CMH Wear and More" or head over to the shop on your trip and pick up one of these pieces to remember your trip of a lifetime.