Built on Honest Work

Dean's Story

Dean Conway grew up in Yosemite — not the tourist version, but the real thing. He spent his childhood packing mules and guiding people into the backcountry, learning early on what it means to do hard work in hard country and do it right.

Before the construction career, Dean was a pioneer of the extreme skiing movement — a Freeskiing World Champion who won some of the first extreme skiing contests ever held. He starred in numerous ski films produced by Warren Miller Entertainment, TGR, and Matchstick Productions, earning the nickname "True Grit" for the way he attacked the mountain. In 2021, he was inducted into the TGR Hall of Fame.

He also served as lead helicopter ski guide for a heli-ski operation out of Cordova, Alaska — helping explore and open terrain deep in the Chugach Mountains. Warren Miller's film "Off the Grid" featured a segment on Dean and called him the Legend of the Chugach.

He spent a decade building in Olympic Valley, Tahoe City, and Marin — leading crews on high-end custom homes where the details are unforgiving and the clients expect the best. When it was time to put down roots, Dean and his family built a small cabin in Central California, then made the move to Chico to give their child a better life. That was ten years ago, and he hasn't looked back.

Conway Construction is the result of all of it — the mountains, the films, the luxury builds, and a genuine love for this community. Dean is on every job, every day, building for Chico families the same way he'd build for his own.