PHOTOS: Hitting the slopes with a camera
![Dave McCoy, 94, the founder of the Mammoth Mountain ski resort, gained a passion for photography when friends gave him a camera as a retirement gift after he sold the resort to an international investor group in 2005. He has been photographing the Eastern Sierra ever since.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/292faff/2147483647/strip/true/crop/600x415+0+0/resize/600x415!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F11%2Fdd%2F84dc5b49c9ac1914e3dc716e28ff%2Fla-me-1214-mccoy01-ku5fcvnc.jpg)
Dave McCoy, 94, the founder of the Mammoth Mountain ski resort, gained a passion for photography when friends gave him a camera as a retirement gift after he sold the resort to an international investor group in 2005. He has been photographing the Eastern Sierra ever since. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
![A wintry tableau](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/768f507/2147483647/strip/true/crop/600x383+0+0/resize/600x383!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F72%2F95%2Fb6e0325298f06b211169eea77c99%2Fla-me-1214-mccoy05-ku5fgrnc.jpg)
The sun rises on the Mammoth Mountain ski resort. It has grown from a single rope tow to 28 chairlifts. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
![A smooth operation](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/543bdbf/2147483647/strip/true/crop/600x374+0+0/resize/600x374!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F61%2Ff2%2F78b52a05e4fc0414a173026987c7%2Fla-me-1214-mccoy06-ku5fcnnc.jpg)
Snow cats groom the runs near the main lodge at the Mammoth Mountain ski resort. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)