It all began about a century ago when extreme tobogganers found the perfect hill, sheltered in the Sierra Nevada pines at 6,350 ft. When these adventurers saw they could divert water from a nearby spring to create an icy-fast speed slide, all bets were off. The site soon became “Olympic Hill”—a place competitive ski jumpers from around the world would come to break records for decades. And trailblazers have visited here to connect with their own passions ever since.