Magic in the Mountains tells the remarkable underdog story of how Squaw Valley, a little-known ski area in California, won the bid for the 1960 Winter Olympics and, with the help of Walt Disney, changed the Olympics forever.

Against all odds, and to the shock of the world, tiny little Squaw Valley, California, won the right to host the 1960 Winter Olympics. Leveraging the genius of visionaries like Walt Disney, not only were these Games a huge success but they also changed the world of sports forever.