Powder is the word in Tahoe, and it’s piled up almost 10 feet deep at Homewood this week, and the sky is turning blue just in time for the holiday weekend.

Yes, that’s 117 inches at the top of Homewood, delivered in the last week’s series of storms, with 76 new inches on the lower mountain.

Don’t believe us? Check out photos from Saturday:

Go to our Snow& Grooming Report for the latest on conditions, and get out and enjoy all the new snow!

Skiers and snowboarders went big at Homewood last weekend in the Snowbomb.com Sick & Twisted Big Air Comp.

If you or someone you know was in the competition, odds are we got their photo, see them all here:

Results:

Open Class Ski Division
1st Place: Matt Nelson
2nd Place: Raes White
3rd Place: Scott Pollman

Open Class Snowboard Division
1st Place: Billy Morgan
2nd Place: Will Mayo
3rd Place: Chris Geisen

Women’s Division
1st place: Kumara Kelly
2nd Place: Coutney Royce

AM Snowboard Division
1st place: Garrett Austin
2nd place: Scott Hoffman
3rd place: Franklin Orlando

AM Ski Division
1st Place: Jake Warn
2nd Place: Mike Jones
3rd Place: Jake F

Check out the next stop of the Snowbomb.com Sick & Twisted Tour at Alpine Meadows,  March 5:  Snowbomb / Alpine Meadows Sick & Twisted Big Air.

We’ve gone all out with our parks this year, adding to the massive, innovative features of Kolby’s Escape, the accessible Lake View, and now the most scenic park ever: Super Lake View.

Check out our Terrain Parks Page to learn all about the features and check out our video while you’re there.

There is only one question all you serious Winter Sports Enthusiasts must ask on a day like today: “Why am I reading this and not skiing Homewood!?”

If you appreciate the attributes of calm, cool and collected then Homewood demands your respect.  It’s an epic day at the lake with calm light snowflakes blanketing the slopes.  The forecasted high temperature for today is a cool, low, and below freezing 30 degrees.  The Mountain has a great base and plenty more is starting to accumulate.  We are expecting to collect three to seven inches today at lake level and double digits in the days ahead.

Mother Nature dumped 12 to 16 inches of powder three days ago.  Yesterday afternoon had plenty of fresh tracks still to be carved.  With today’s addition, not to mention the feet in the forecast, lucky Homewood skiers and boarders will be laying down lines in the virgin snow all weekend long.

Naturally, the second question any true Winter Sports Enthusiast must ask with a weekend like the one we find ourselves in is: “How soon can I head to Homewood!?”

Thanks to Helene Drumm for sharing this sweet pic of our marvelous mountain in Homewood’s photo contest.  To share your photos from a recent adventure at Homewood, email your pictures with your name, hometown and contact information to homewoodphotocontest@gmail.com.  Who knows, maybe your photo will be the next to appear on the blog!

Happy Sliding!

Lake Tahoe, California – San Francisco and Truckee, California based JMA Ventures, LLC announced today the acquisition of Lake Tahoe’s West Shore Cafe, a full service lakefront property located in Homewood, California, adjacent to Homewood Mountain Resort.

JMA’s acquisition of West Shore Cafe represents a new beginning for the inn and restaurant, which closed its doors during the summer of 2009.

“We are extremely pleased to be able to offer the West Shore Cafe,” said Art Chapman, Chairman of JMA Ventures, LLC. “The re-opening fits JMA’s commitment to restore the vitality of the west shore. We intend to bring back good food at an affordable price to those looking for a lake view dining experience; and to have some fun at the same time,” he said. “The Cafe will create new employment opportunities in both the winter and summer; and will encourage destination visits to Lake Tahoe’s west shore,” he added.

The West Shore Cafe is the fourth property acquired by JMA Ventures within California’s North Lake Tahoe destination. Other current holdings include Homewood Mountain Resort; Alpine Meadows Ski Resort; and the Hotel Avery – a full service four star hotel slated for construction, which received approval from Truckee, California’s Planning Commission during November, 2008. Within San Francisco, JMA holdings include Ghirardelli Square; Fairmont Heritage Place; 706 Mission Street; and Epic Roast House and Waterbar restaurants along San Francisco’s famed Embarcadero.

JMA has plans to announce the re-opening date for dining and lodging later this summer. For additional information about West Shore Cafe, visit WestShoreCafe.com.

West Shore Cafe viewed from Lake Tahoe