The Mountain 

A young man returns to the family business of running a popular ski resort after the death of his grandfather and soon faces off against the rest of his estranged family over running the resort.

Creators:

David Barrett, Gina Matthews, Grant Scharbo

Stars:

Oliver Hudson, Anson Mount, Tara Thompson

Cast

Series cast summary:
Oliver Hudson	...	David Carver Jr. 13 episodes, 2004-2005
Anson Mount	...	Will Carver 13 episodes, 2004-2005
Tara Thompson	...	Shelley Carver 13 episodes, 2004-2005
Penn Badgley	...	Sam Tunney 13 episodes, 2004-2005
Alana De La Garza	...	Maria Serrano 13 episodes, 2004-2005
Johann Urb	...	Travis Thorson 13 episodes, 2004-2005
Mitch Pileggi	...	Colin Dowling 13 episodes, 2004-2005
Barbara Hershey	...	Gennie Carver 13 episodes, 2004-2005
Elizabeth Bogush	...	Max Dowling 12 episodes, 2004-2005
Tommy Dewey	...	Michael Dowling 12 episodes, 2004-2005
Kaylee DeFer	...	Scarlett 6 episodes, 2004-2005

Storyline

David Carver Jr., an irresponsible, un-kept young man, returns to his family owned ski resort in Colorado after the death of his grandfather to find that he, the youngest son, has inherited the entire mountain which puts him at odds with his older brother Will, the resort manager, who's holding out against being bought out by Colin Dowling, a scheming land developer. Other characters involved in the power struggle are David and Will's youngest sister Shelley, a local teen wanting to make it big as a champion snowboarder; Maria Serrano, David's former girlfriend, now Will's girlfriend; the double-dealing resort operator Travis, whom is under the control of Dowling and his son Michael; and the Downling's attractive daughter Maxine 'Max' whom falls for David while trying to get him to sell the mountain to her father.

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Plot Keywords:

ski resort | snowboarding | skiing | dysfunctional family | dirt bike | 

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Taglines:

Conditions are about to get nasty.

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Genres:

Drama

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The show was originally planned to air on Thursdays at 8pm until FOX moved its hit show The O.C. (2003) to the exact same night and time-slot. It was moved to Wednesday instead.

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Quotes

Colin Dowling: You think this is for me? I don't even like Thanksgiving.
Michael Dowling: Once the body count gets high enough I'm sure we'll all love it.

User Reviews

The Mountain

This show was great!!! I am still disappointed that it was CANNED. I don't think it was given a REAL chance to blow up a hit. I told everyone I knew about the show. The plot, the characters, the setting it was a real good show that I haven't seen on The WB in a long time since the Buffy days! When people finally got a chance to tune in the show was gone! Poof just like that!!! VERY Disappointing!!

I would love to see the show come back,....just where it left off!! At least there is 'Supernatural' which proves every episode too kick butt! I love the show! I am a true old school fan of the WB. I watched Buffy, Angel and Charmed since day one! Charmed is even losing it's touch, for about a year now. We need good new shows!! The teeny boppers are grown up now. I guess you have a pretty good audience with Smallville,One Tree Hill and other like shows, but I can't stand them! We know the older people ARE watching TV, with pretty big 'grown up' hits on other networks! Just give us something...like 'The Mountain'.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 September 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Mountain

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wonderland Sound and Vision, Shaun Cassidy Productions, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min (13 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1