Homewood Mountain Resort

Great family spot but bring lunch as they are out of food. The bar has some great brews on tap and the lines for runs are non existent. Skied 15 runs in a day!

Skiing was a blast and the resort is medium small, but the food options is why this rating is not 5 stars. I’m a pescatarian and there were essentially no options for me to eat lunch. There was a boxed salad with a lot of lettuce, a waffle, or fries. Apparently there are $ 17 veggie burgers available sometimes, but not today…
There should be at least a grilled cheese or pizza option, if not a tuna melt or salmon burger. All the food options are greasy grilled food and there are no healthy options.
Besides the food, it’s a great family resort for beginners and intermediates.
Enjoy the beautiful views of the lake but definitely bring your own food!

Awesome long and fun runs. Not as crowded as the other big resorts in the area. Staff super friendly.

I was here a week ago and I had a great experienced. I had a lesson at noon and my ski instructor was really good and patient. It’s only the second time, I’ve ever skied. The first one was at the far Northern China on the North Korean Boarder. As a beginner, Homewood made me feel comfortable with plenty of challenging runs and the best views of Lake Tahoe. Definitely coming back.

Yesterday three of us boarded and today the kids took all-​day ski and snowboard lessons. The resort is just an incredibly pleasant experience for families, and adults learning to ski or board, or in our case, getting back on the board after a long hiatus. The instructors were so patient and encouraging with the kids and Annie set up jumps for the boarders at the end of the day and totally pumped the kids back up to jump. Awesome.
The view of the lake, the intimacy of the resort, the great staff makes this a favorite for us. We’ll come back. They have a great deal for three day lessons that you should look into. And buying lift tix ahead and online is a real money saver!

Highly recommend 3-​day beginner package, only $ 52/​day with one 2.5hrs lesson, all day rental and lift ticket. The most valuable of the package is the most professional, extremely patient instructors. Each instructor coaches a small group so one gets enough instructions. From first class, I learnt basic skiing like side-​step, stop, turn. After second lesson, I can do green lane while on third day do easy-​level blue lane.
Almost two years ago, I joined similar beginner program offered by Squaw valley and seriously I learnt nothing after two lessons. The failure at Squaw valley made me think I am not good at balancing, skiing and stop trying skiing after that. However, the experience at Homewood make me feel so good, much more confident and make me LOVE skiing!

Had the most amazing time skiing at Homewood on Tuesday. No waits in lines for tickets or lifts. Amazing views and fun trails/​runs. I will absolutely never ski anywhere else! Go on a weekday and have the mountain to yourself!

The good: very reasonable prices, possibly best views of the lake, most likely less crowded than places like squaw, alpine or northstar.
The bad: way too many flat sections that connect runs and lifts so if you’re snowboarding chances are youll be walking more than other places.
The ugly: $ 10 beers.

It was a pretty amazing experience to snowboard here. I thought the ticket prices were pretty fair considering they were about the same price or cheaper than everyone else in the area.
They had some really fun runs and a lot of them offered a great view of the lake! I’m dying to come back here for another great expererience.

This is a great all-​around hill. No crazy costs, no crazy lines, not a lot of frills. Just great skiing and the best views of the lake. If you want great skiing and don’t care about skiing the same run more than once, and you want the old Tahoe feeling, his is the resort for you!
I’m an intermediate skier and there was plenty for me. There were runs that were way too easy and some I didn’t even attempt because they were way too hard. Also, if you want to ski without the kids, the 6 hour ski school is the best! They will get their gear, lunch, and lesson for just over $ 100. Make sure you book your tickets online for the best price.

Homewood is definitely in my top 3 favorite ski resorts. The views are amazing. The staff is friendly. Marisa was very helpful and nice when I was buying a buying a sweater.
I can’t wait to come back!

I’ve been a pass holder and true advocate for Homewood for 5 years and am onboard for the pending development. I’m a regular at the mountain and the bar and have enjoyed the resort immensely. However, the take-​over of the bar by the West Shore Café and the resulting price increases are too much. If there was a significant improvement in the environment or to the resort as will exist when the development occurs, I’d have no problem. The increases this year come with none of those improvements. My buddy and I are no longer hanging at the bar before, between and after riding and I know of others who have stated the same.
Reconsider the price increases until the patrons are getting more for their money.
In previous years, I’d have rated the resort a 5+.

Homewood Ski Resort is a great place to learn and enjoy the scenery. The staff has been top notch. D.P. and Krista in the ski shop were extremely helpful. The rental shop was also great to speak with when I lost a part of my binding and had to have it out back on. These guys are great. The atmosphere is friendly amongst all the guests as well. It had been a few years since I last snowboarder and no one made me feel like a newby all over again.
The kids snowboard instructor was also great with all the kids he was teaching. Lucas gave individual attention to all the kids to make sure that they had the fundamentals down. At the end of the day, the kids went to the larger north slope to test their skills a little more.
Great team here at Homewood.

I Love Homewood and always have. Get there early and you will be very happy! Easy parking and quick access to a fantastic day of skiing. Yes, the views are incredible!
Our most recent visit was the week after Christmas so it was busy and honestly a bit understaffed. My son wanted to snowboard so unfortunately I needed to rent his equipment. This is where I saw how understaffing can create a problem the wait was a bit frustrating… That being said the kids that were working in the rental shop should all be thanked by upper management. They were working their tails off trying to get things done. I don’t know all their names but, Andy was trying so hard to get things done and I could tell by the sweat running down his face he was going above and beyond! Way to go Andy.
OK, love you Homewood!

This is such a great mountain.
The view of the lake cannot be Beat it is RIGHT THERE as your coming down the hill.
There are some awesome long runs from the backside.
I’ve gone many times and it’s never been crowded. It’s not as popular as some of the huge resorts around so your not waiting in lines to ride.
The vibe is way more relaxed. A lot more boarders than skiers.
There usually is a park but we couldn’t find it this year. Maybe there wasn’t enough snow yet for it to be built. But we still had a blast.
The food was pretty bad. Definitely recommend packing your own.
Having it be such a small place when we road down the face at the end of the day, we just popped off our boards and walked a couple feet to our car. It’s nice not having to trudge through a huge village and take a shuttle back.
South lodge wasn’t open yet but it may be now, we went a couple weeks ago.
I’d highly recommend buying online in advance, it was 45/​day vs. $ 76/​day for the day we went.
Looking forward to riding here again. Love this hill.

Took a «mental health» day from work to «clear the mind». Skiing on a weekday after a big storm dropped 17+ inches of fresh power, no lines, no traffic, panoramic views of Lake Tahoe, fresh air… that’s life!!!
Still a great resort, just felt there were too many flat areas which any skier/​snowboarder will tell you is a PAIN in the b00ty!!! With four main lifts, this is definitely a small resort. Only one express lift. We stuck to a handful of trails for most of the day: Rainbow Ridge, The Shaft, The Glades. The Ellis Chair takes about 12 min from bottom to top, slow in today’s world of quad express lifts. Our last run we chose to try the Ore Car trail. I might advise against this trail unless you want to walk about 50 – 75 yards with your gear. It does give you a chance to frolic in the snow and play around. But it’s a trek and the downward part was not worth the initial walk.
I don’t think this resort is good for beginners. Other than the two main/​long green trails, many of the blues are very narrow. Still not a bad place to hone your skills and at an affordable price!

sure you can find steeper haunts in the Tahoe basin. But the views here stand alone in terms of drop dead beauty of West Side. But as El Nino brings massive amounts in the form of rain I feel this beloved resort may well be inundated this winter. We all lament this passing of this season but know in our hearts the aquifers need replenishing. That being said, not will be a lost for greet huge dump at higher altitudes and have their chili bowl that makes of volume service. But we came to dance not eat chili
so drive over to Kirkwood and find all the locals digging the abundance of nature

Homewood and Lou Sr. for the win!!!
Yes, snow coverage sucks right now, but this isn’t Homewood’s fault. Not only has there been no snow this season, but it’s also been in the 50’s, so all man made snow is melting by noon. On top of that, Homewood is at Lake level, so it’s going to have less snow coverage than Heavenly or even Northstar just by the nature of it’s location.
People who are taking off stars for that are ridiculous. It’s not the resorts fault!
Anyway, we’ve been dropping serious cash the last 2 winters on ski school at Northstar and every time our kids came away hating and learning very little.
We heard great things about Homewood’s ski school so we came in last Sunday and put our girls in a Friends and Family lesson with Lou Sr. He was AWESOME!
My girls were going down the little hill with the magic carpet without falling within in minutes. They moved to the next level hill with the hold on lift (I know that’s not the technical term), and were coming down time after time with GIANT smiles on their face!
They learned more in 3 hours with Lou than they have learned in 2 years at Northstar! But the most important thing, is that they now LOVE skiing and cannot wait to go back and see Lou again and get even better!
Thank you Homewood and Lou! We’ll be back this year… hopefully after a big, giant storm that dumps 20 inches of snow! :)

Resort is alright… Went on the Jan11. Not what I was expecting. I can’t blame them, but the draught weather we’ve been having. The mountain didn’t have enough snow, right at the base looking up, man. Its just depressing. You can see bare dirt right by the lifts and pretty much man-​made snow looks like next to it where skiers and snowboards can go down the hill on. But I took the risk to cash in my SnowBomb Free lift ticket with my friends that I had to enjoy what I came here for and not be rip off that I drove all the way here from the central valley for nothing.
But aside from that without the Global Warming Weather talk. I had a great experience. The service was great. Snow on site, not so much. But glad I went where theres still enough of snow to snowboard on on Jan11th 2015. LOL!
Will come back to this place again when California gets a good descent snow storm up in the mountains. Hopefully Winter of 2015. #PrayForRain #PrayForSnow

I really love Homewood, it’s super underrated.
First let’s start with the staff who is very friendly and nice, including the instructors. Shout out goes to Sean at the front service desk who was very respectful and sweet about checking us in and thanking me for my military service.
Secondly, I always appreciate Homewood’s military discount, either 50% off or free (depending on the day and season) all year round. Unlike other ski resorts in Tahoe Homewood has always kept this discount. They also gave me a $ 7 food/​beverage credit which was unexpected but so appreciated. I will be loyal to them always.
And I will keep going… This resort is really intimate, small and not too populated which is nice, especially in comparison to places like Squaw and Heavenly. I paid for skiing lessons for my family which were very reasonable; in fact most of their prices are reasonable. Views of the Lake are beautiful, almost stupendous. Great runs, really for the intermediate skier.
Only negative I will say: bathrooms are small and not very updated. It’s hard to go with all the skiing gear. As well for the rentals space, it gets very crowded.
I am a Homewood regular for sure!