One man, one mountain, zero quit. The ski legend they didn't see coming.
This is the story of Dave McCoy, founder of Mammoth Mountain. Hear from Dave & Roma McCoy, Warren Miller, Rusty Gregory and other long-time Mammoth insiders in this documentary on the quintessential outdoorsman - how he came to the Eastern Sierra, why he decided to stay, and how he persevered through every obstacle imaginable to follow his firm belief that the steep mountain on the back side of California's remote mountain range could one day be the world's best ski resort.
Direction
Pyle lets old-timers talk—no narration needed.
Production
Archival footage hits harder than any reenactment.
Director
Chris Pyle
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dave McCoy was still skiing Mammoth well into his 90s, often beating younger folks down runs. FREE
Post-2007, Mammoth became a corporate Vail acquisition—making this doc unintentionally elegiac for indie ski culture. LIGHT
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