Homewood Mountain Resort

In January 2013, a federal district judge blocked the project, saying the EIS failed to consider the economic feasibility of a smaller facility.

The TRPA Governing Board approved this large West Shore development in December 2011. After extensive project review and dialogue with both the developer and TRPA throughout 2011, the League was able to secure some additional mitigation measures. The project did include some benefits to water quality and community revitalization that the League has long supported. In the end, the League still had strong concerns about the project's scenic and air quality impacts, but decided that continuing cooperative talks would likely secure more environmental improvements in a quicker timeframe than a lengthy court challenge.

Homewood Mountain Resort plans to build an all-season resort with 349 residential and hotel units along Highway 89, a two-lane road that already experiences significant summertime traffic gridlock. During snowy conditions, this highway is frequently closed just south of Homewood, leaving only one available travel route through already-congested Tahoe City.

The project will include a 77-foot-tall lodge, and add 25,000 square feet of commercial space for a retail village.

Read the League's December 2011 comments on the transportation aspects of the project.

Read the October 2011 comments on the Homewood FEIS submitted by the League, Tahoe Area Sierra Club and Friends of West Shore.

Read the League's April 2011 comments on the Homewood DEIS

Read the League's October 2008 scoping comments on the Homewood project.

Related news:

Judge blocks expansion at Tahoe's Homewood ski resort (January 2013)

Homewood project out for final public review (October 2011)

Homewood public hearings scheduled for February

News release: Homewood project threatens Lake Tahoe