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Homewood Mountain Resort (HMR)
Keep Homewood Public (KHP) - facebook page and
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Overview:
Homewood Mountain Resort on Tahoe's West Shore is a small family oriented resort
(1,260 acres, 4 chair lifts, 1,600 ft vertical). It was loosing money because of competition from larger resorts like Palisades
2006 - It was purchased by JMA Ventures
2011 - A development master plan was approved the the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA)
2022 - There was talk of making it a private resort.
2023 - They started the first phase of building new lodging.
They were told it did not conform the the architecture specidied int the 2011 plan.
2024 - They submitted a revision to the 2011 plan
See 2024 DEVELOPMENTS below:
October 2024 - HRM announces they will be closed for the 2024-25 Season.
A partner was witholding funding.
April 2025 - HMR announces they will be open for 2025-26
Early 2006 the Forest Service agreed to buy Homewood and lease it back to them so they could continue operation.
Congresman Doolittle nixed the deal.
2006 The Homewood Ski Resort was purchased by Homewood Village Resorts, LLC ("HVR"), an
affiliate of JMA Ventures (Art Chapman, president).
2011 HMR Master Plan
A base lodge consisting of a high-quality boutique style
hotel with up to 75 “traditional” hotel rooms. An additional
40 two bedroom/condo/hotel units.
Replace the Maden chair with a Gondola.
2020-21 were 60% of what they were in 2021-13.
They had spent over $10 million on Homewood in the last 10 years.
By 2021-22 they they had done some environmental improvements and started some living unit construction, which was mountain-modern style not consistent with the "Old Homewood style" approved in the 2011 plan.
They had also brought in investors who were experienced in running private resorts and started talking about limiting public access.
This started the efforts of local residents to
Keep Homewood Public (KHP)
Public access:
Nov 8, 2022 — In that regard, we revealed that we would be opening the area to residents multiple times each month (no holidays or weekends),
2024
Postings on Homewood Mountain Site:
December 2024 The Future of Homewood is Bright - HMR
They propose a "True Local Season Pass"
"Season pass for full-time West Shore Residents, with no cap on the quantity Priced at a 35% discount to the regular season pass pricing for a given season and in no event more than the prior season’s highest tier pricing of restricted Palisades and/or Northstar season passes."
The reversal was spurred primarily by resistance and pushback from local organizations and feedback from Placer County, said Ed Divita, a partner at Discovery Land Co., which is co-developing the resort with JMA Ventures.
They’re ready to install a high-speed gondola as soon as the permitting goes through. That should be followed by a base area expansion to add dining outlets, a space for events and farmers markets, and a winter ice skating rink, among other enhancements.
Homewood also announced that it would be reevaluating the architectural plans, forgoing modern designs for planned homes in favor of a more traditional style.
See:
Ceding to Public Pressure, Homewood to Remain Public | Moonshine Ink October, 2023
Tahoe residents stick it to the man, keep beloved ski resort public | SFGate Nov 2023
Skier visits at Homewood have been in decline for the past decade: down from 101,799 in 2012-13 to 64,169 in 2020-21, according to Chapman. Pass sales also dropped from 2,828 to 1,853 during that period.
They are considering a members only concept for access to the slopes.
They partnered with Discovery Land Company who also represents Montanas Yellowstone Club, a private golf-ski club, so there was speculation HMR would be built on that model.
Chapman rebuffs that comparison. He says Homewoods future may be more akin to Martis Camp, a gated housing community in Truckee with direct access to Northstar Mountain Resort via a single chairlift on the backside of Mount Pluto.
Construction on the first seven units at the North Base began in November 2022. The next phase will start in the spring or summer of 2023 on 32 townhomes. Once the North Base units are complete, construction will move to the South Base, where the majority of homes will be built.
JMA will spend $15 million to replace two lifts that are about 50 years old. The Madden Chair will be replaced with a gondola in 2023, and the Ellis Chair by a new high-speed detachable quad a few years later.
They also plan to build new hiking and mountain bike trails, opening up the area to public use in the summer for the first time. The development also includes a small grocery store that will be open to everyone.
The total development will take around 10 years.
Homewood Switches Gears, June 2022
2024 Vicinity Map
Housing
North Base
Tourist:
75 Condo/Hotel Units
Residential
63 Full-Ownership Condos
13 Employee Housing
8 Townhouses
South Base Area
51 Full-Ownership Condos
122 Total Residential Units
Amenities:
Ice rink
Gondola
Community Pool
Amphitheater (Earthen)
See Site Plan-2024 for more
Links:
EIS charts and other documents
See Homewood Plans to Become Semi-Private Ski Resort Due to Tahoe Traffic June 8, 2022
Were going to get out of that [day ticket] business. The day-skier model doesnt work for Homewood just like it isnt working for a lot of small ski areas across the country, and so weve had to come up with a new model to sustain Homewood. Art Chapman, President of JMA Ventures (Owner of Homewood Mountain Resort).