Kids who were skiing and riding at Homewood today were not only shredding the one to two feet of fresh powder; they were rippin’ it UP in the 2nd Annual Homewood Mini Slopestyle contest! Homewood’s park crew pushed together a triple jump line sized just right for groms to show off their tricks in the terrain park at the top of Madden Chair. Check ‘em out!

Homewood Mini Slopestyle Contest

Homewood Mountain Resort held its annual Pro Patrol Tuesday, March 9. This event is truly legendary – a Tahoe tradition. HMR Patrol Race serves as a beacon for California patrol teams from all Tahoe mountains; as well as the southern Sierra and northern Nevada mountains.

The Homewood Patrol Race, though, is a ski/snowboard race in a way that Bay-To-Breakers is a running race; or Mardi Gras is homage to the approach of Ash Wednesday. As there are skilled players in every football game, there are racers at this race; but as there are tailgaters at a football game, there are the rest of the folks at the Homewood Patrol Race.

Before we digress too much, a big congratulations goes to Team Kirkwood, who left with the Patrol Race trophy for 2010. Strong work.

Now back to digressing. If you missed the 2010 Homewood Patrol Race, below is a quick recall. If you see yourself in it, fantastic. If not, be sure to mark the date next year and join us for an evening of fun, racing [kind of], taco eating, and a chance to be posted on the internet while dancing by yourself in the middle of a driving snow storm.

Homewood Patrol Race 2010

Also, this man simply deserves his very own video:

Snowbomb set if off at Homewood last Saturday with stop three on their Toyota Sick ’N Twisted Big Air Tour.

The snow was coming down hard at times, but the competitors threw down even harder and we saw some killer tricks off the big jump on The Face, check out the teaser we posted on Saturday.

Check out the upcoming events @ Homewood Mountain Resort

Far West Division Moguls Championship: Feb 27, and 28
Video form last year

Pro Patrol Race and Taco Feed: March 5th
Video from last year

Homewood’s 2nd Annual Mini Slopestyle: March 13th
Video from last year

Some awesome performances on the big jump @ Homewood today!

Thanks to Snowbomb for putting on another Killer event! Stay tuned for competition results and more video.

All I can say is WHAT A DAY! Homewood today is why we all either live at Lake Tahoe or visit Lake Tahoe: amazing snow, gorgeous weather, great friends, and stunning scenery. It really doesn’t get any better.

Today was Homewood’s opening day, and the entire mountain was open thanks to the 5+ feet of snowfall (at the base!) the mountain has received so far this December. I found light, silky snow off trail on the north facing slopes in the trees, and Shaggy and his team of grooming pros deserve a HUGE nod for putting down some of the best groomed trails! Thanks guys!

If you still need a little motivating “push” to log off the computer and start logging some vertical at Homewood, here are some pictures and videos from opening day. Hope to see you here soon!

All signs pointed toward a beautiful opening day, right from watching the sunrise from the shore at Homewood:

This is “just the way it is” at Homewood:

First chair for the day – AND for winter 09/10!

You won’t find friendlier skiers and riders than you will at Homewood:

Beautiful snow, fun vibe, gorgeous day – see what I mean? Doesn’t get better than this!!

Heather Cosby was stoked on the snow and the view:

And of course, one of Homewood’s frequent visitors, Ellis, dropped in to say hello around noon:

Ellis was jealous because he can’t ski. Because he’s an eagle.

This view is amazing, whether you’ve seen it once or a million times:

Great snow, lots of fun people out there for Homewood’s opening day – what a great beginning!

It was a great season for competitive skiing and snowboarding events here at Homewood and none was more fun than the First Annual Mini Slopestyle jump competition. It was a stunningly beautiful day at the mid-mountain terrain park when 4 – 12 year olds threw down some impressive tricks on the jumps and rails.

We saw some great moves by the littlest shredders in Tahoe. There was big air (for them), some slick switch moves, and some crashes. Everyone with a big smile, which was everyone, was a winner and got a Mini Slopestyle sweatshirt and certificate.

This was such a fun event for everyone involved. The parents lived it, we enjoyed playing with the kids for the day and the kids had a blast! Pretty soon these kids will be ripping it of the huge kickers in the big kid comps, but we love watching them learn here at Homewood.

On February 28th and March 1st 2009 Homewood was treated to an awesome show of mogul mashing skill and aerial daring for the 2009 Farwest Moguls Championships. We built a STEEP and challenging course down The Face right above the North Lodge, and competitors age 13 and up shredded the course with amazing views of the lake.

It was awesome to see so many youngsters out tearing it up. All our neighbors were here too with teams and competitors coming from Alpine Meadows, Squaw Valley, Mt. Rose and Heavenly. Thanks for coming out! There’s nothing better than great snow, great views and GREAT SKIERS!

Thanks to Chase Duhon of Reno for rocking the helmet cam on a killer run down the course!

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This is the event where the best chili cooks in the world compete for top prize of a pizza and ice cream party for their department.  We had a great turn out for the chili cook off and with 12 entries the competition was heated.

Judges for the fiery chili was the legendary snowmaker Terry Weltmer, The food and Beverage super human, Chris Patrick and culinary genius,  Jeff Coburn of the Ticket Department.  It must have been tough to pick a winner since all of the chili was awesome!

1st place and holder of the trophy and bragging rights for the 2008|2009 season went to Victoria Gustafson of IT.  And 2nd place went to John Noble also of IT (maybe they know a good recipe website).  Coming in 3rd place, Ryan Smith of Food and Beverage fame.  People’s Choice and honorable mention went to chili guru Ryan Seelye of Vehicle Maintenance who was trying to win back to back cook offs.

Music was provided by Remmel Wilson who had the whole place going off the hook, check him out if you ever get a chance!

Special thanks to everyone who helped with the set up and clean up!

Thank you for sharing a nice evening with us at the South Lodge! We were stoked to see so many old friends, talk about our favorite things about Homewood and share a toast to the coming ski season at Homewood. The snow on the mountain has really gotten good since then, and we couldn’t be happier to see all our friends making turns in the fresh powder over the Christmas Holiday.

We agree with you. “Homewood is absolutely special!”

Wow, what an amazing day at Homewood! Fresh, untracked powder ruled the day, and skiing through the huge trees was about the most memorable way to spend Christmas Eve day.

All the favorites were open, and even with all this new snow, Homewood’s grooming team had perfectly groomed slopes for everyone who is still easing into the season with gentle turns.

It’s still snowing, and Christmas and the New Year look to be filled with powder days! Enjoy some photos from today at Homewood:

Fluffy powder atop Madden Chair

The groomers are soft and carvable!

…more snow is in the forecast

Dashing through the snow… on Homewood’s Op’ning Day… O’er the fields we go… laughing all the way!

Smile – you’re at Homewood! With fresh powder!

The Old Homewood Express is OPEN!

Who has the best caption for this photo of Tucker, one of Homewood patrol puppies?