Dave McCoy

David McCoy, known as Dave, was an American skier, ski coach and businessman who lived from 24 August 1915 to 8 February 2020. He settled in the Eastern Sierras as a teenager and worked as a hydrographer, skiing daily to measure snowpack, which led him to the slopes of Mammoth Mountain. After installing a rope tow in 1938, he gained a Forest Service permit in 1953 and opened the first chairlift in 1955, founding the Mammoth Mountain Ski Area. As a competitor he won state slalom titles in 1937 and 1949, and as a coach he trained Olympic medalists and national team skiers, among them his children Penny and Dennis McCoy. He was inducted into the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame.