A plane full of weed crashed in Yosemite. A new documentary retells the wild legend
Yosemite rock climbers scour the crash site of a drug smuggling plane for bags of marijuana in Yosemite National Park’s backcountry in the 1970s.
TL;DR
- A 1976 plane crash in a Yosemite alpine lake, loaded with marijuana, is the subject of the new documentary "High Ground."
- Outlaw climbers living in Yosemite Valley at the time discovered the crash site and retrieved large quantities of marijuana.
- The documentary features interviews with former park rangers and climbers, some of whom are speaking publicly about the event for the first time.
- Filmmakers used redacted federal reports, historic photos, and fictionalized reenactments to tell the story.
- The film aims to provide a definitive account of the "dope lake" incident, which has been shrouded in rumor and legend.