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Homewood Ski Area ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation

Homewood Ski Area is a ski area in Tahoma, California, United States with 35 km of mapped downhill runs and 7 lifts, between 1,902 m and 2,402 m above sea level.

Downhill runs
35 km
Lifts
7
Top elevation
2,402 m
Vertical drop
500 m
Nearest airport
TKF · 27 km

Slopes by difficulty

  • Easy5.3 km
  • Advanced11 km
  • Intermediate19 km

70 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the North American piste convention.

Ski lifts

  • 4 Chairlifts
  • 2 Button lifts
  • 1 Magic carpets

Homewood Ski Area is a ski area in Tahoma, California, the United States. Its 70 mapped downhill runs add up to 35 km, which ranks it #85 of 960 ski areas in the United States and gives it 0.4% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 495 m long.

Slopes at Homewood Ski Area

About 15% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 53% intermediate and 31% advanced or expert, which makes Homewood Ski Area best suited to confident and advanced skiers.

Lifts and elevation

The resort has 7 lifts: 4 chairlifts, 2 button lifts, 1 magic carpet. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 1,902 m up to 2,402 m, a vertical drop of 500 m. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring.

Getting to Homewood Ski Area

The nearest airport is Truckee Tahoe Airport (TKF), about 27 km away in a straight line — roughly 35 minutes by car; Reno Tahoe International Airport (RNO) is 58 km away. Nearby ski areas include Homewood Mountain Resort, Granlibakken Ski Resort (0.2 km), Palisades Tahoe Alpine Meadows (37.9 km) and Palisades Tahoe Olympic Valley (66.8 km), which together add 273 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.

Nearest airports to Homewood Ski Area

  1. 1
    Truckee Tahoe Airport Flag of United StatesTruckee, United States Airports in United States
    TKF27 kmstraight line
  2. 2
    Reno Tahoe International Airport Flag of United StatesReno, United States Airports in United StatesTransfers & Meet & Greet →
    RNO58 kmstraight line
  3. 3
    Sacramento International Airport Flag of United StatesSacramento, United States Airports in United StatesTransfers & Meet & Greet →
    SMF130 kmstraight line
  4. 4
    Stockton Metropolitan Airport Flag of United StatesStockton, United States Airports in United States
    SCK161 kmstraight line

Frequently asked questions

How many kilometres of slopes does Homewood Ski Area have?

35 km of downhill runs (70 runs): 5.3 km easy, 11 km advanced, 19 km intermediate. It is #85 in United States by piste length.

How high is Homewood Ski Area?

The lifts and runs reach 2,402 m (7,881 ft); the lowest point is 1,902 m, a vertical drop of 500 m.

What is the nearest airport to Homewood Ski Area?

Truckee Tahoe Airport (TKF), about 27 km away in a straight line; Reno Tahoe International Airport (RNO) is 58 km away.

How many ski lifts does Homewood Ski Area have?

7 lifts: 4 chairlifts, 2 button lifts, 1 magic carpets.

Data: OpenSkiMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors & Skimap.org (ODbL 1.0). Run lengths are measured along mapped pistes; resorts may publish different figures.