Peter Coyote, George Daly, Jamie Clay and Gary Yost present a 22-minute short doc that's been in production for the past 15 months.  We've released it for free on the internet on Valentine's Day as a tribute to Mt. Tamalpais so that our community and the wider world can discover what has been hidden from us by the military for the past 60 years.

Mt. Tamalpais, sentinel peak of the SF Bay Area, is considered sacred by many, native and non-native alike. In 1950, the Army Corps of Engineers bulldozed the highest peak of the mountain to build an Air Force Station tasked with directing jet interceptors and short range Nike nuclear missiles against the potential threat of Russian nuclear bombers.

By 1980 the base was obsolete and summarily closed. The military literally walked away from dozens of structures on 106 acres, leaving behind a huge toxic mess on the mountain -- cables, foundations, roads and infrastructure, all cut off from the public by miles of fencing.

Through the use of breathtaking timelapse cinematography, historical footage, interviews, CGI reconstruction of the mountaintop removal and construction of the military base, "The Invisible Peak" tells the virtually unknown story of the “missing” West Peak of Mt. Tamalpais and how local engaged citizens have been fighting to restore their mountain to a natural state for over 30 years.

Prominently featured in the film are local indigenous people and their historical and sacred perspective, plus interviews with soldiers who were stationed there in the 50, 60s and 70s, speaking passionately about their “special time” on the mountain, as well as the stories of citizens who fought to remove the abandoned station and repair the mountain they hold sacred.

The film is the standard-bearer to raise funds for the restoration of the mountain, supported by a novel collaboration between the National Park Service, California State Parks, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, Marin Municipal Water Department, and Marin County Open Space… collectively called the Tamalpais Lands Collaborative.  The script, movingly narrated by Peter Coyote, provides both a historical and spiritual overview of place, along with a sense of deep time and how we caretake our environment.