Mammoth Sauna Company was founded by husband and wife, Ty and Dakota Tolkinen, in 2023, with the goal of providing Mammoth Lakes and the surrounding area access to good quality heat and the expressed purpose to help improve both the physical body and mental health. Both moved to the Eastern Sierra for different athletic adventures but stayed for the same reasons of improved quality of life and health, the amazing community, and the unparalleled beauty the region has to offer. After meeting on Chair one on Mammoth Mountain, Ty introduced Dakota to the joys and benefits of sauna and deliberate heat exposure. Ty has participated in sweat bath cultures worldwide from his home state of Minnesota’s Finnish style Saunas to the Andes in Peru to Cherokee sweat lodge ceremonies to Jjimjilbangs on the Korean peninsula. After years of searching for similar experiences and only finding broken heaters, signs forbidding water on the rocks, and subpar heat, Dakota and Ty finally decided to bring a traditionally inspired wood fired sauna to Mammoth Lakes! Dakota ,converesly, shared her love of cold water with Ty. Whether in the Pacific Ocean out of San Diego, where Dakota grew up, or the snowmelt filled lakes of the Sierra Nevada, Dakota will dive into any cold water. Now everyone in the Mammoth Lakes region can enjoy the same benefits of improved mood, improved cardiovascular health, and improved athletic performance and recovery that people around the world have been doing for thousands of years.