When does Homewood open? Opening day 2026-27
No date yet
Homewood has not posted an opening day. It did not open in 2025–26, and its own site (skihomewood.com, read Oct 24, 2026) sells passes for 2026–27 and says it expects skiers back this winter.
Opening-day alerts
A notification on this device on opening day, early in the morning, with a link to the resort’s own report. Pick your resorts:
For Mt. Rose, Sugar Bowl and Diamond Peak it comes the morning their lift page first shows a lift running; for the others, the morning of the opening day they announced, whether or not it holds. It is a heads-up, not the resort’s report: check the resort’s own site for hours and terrain before you go. One alert per resort; no account, no email, and you can turn them off here any time (what we keep).
Chains on the way to Homewood now
Truckee now
No chain controls at Truckee (Caltrans). Checked .
Donner Pass now
No chain controls at Donner Pass (Caltrans). Checked .
Truckee road conditions · Truckee webcams · Do I need chains on Donner Pass? · Donner Pass webcam
Snow at Homewood
Snow at Homewood now: no snow on the Ward Creek #3 gauge (1 AM PDT) · Homewood snow report, read hourly →
The nearest SNOTEL station, Ward Creek #3 at 6,750 feet, measured 0 inches of snow on the ground on Monday, October 26 (no change on the day, no change on the week).
In a median year the snowpack at Ward Creek #3 starts building on November 17. That is the date natural snow usually begins to stay; resorts with snowmaking can open earlier when nights are cold enough, and later when a dry November leaves nothing to groom.
National Weather Service forecast at the resort
Snowfall forecast: 0 in over the next three days and 0.6 in over seven, from the NWS Reno office’s gridded forecast for the base area, read Oct 27, 11:55 AM PT.
| When | Forecast | Temp |
|---|---|---|
| Today | Sunny | High 48°F |
| Tonight | Mostly Clear | Low 30°F |
| Wednesday | Sunny | High 53°F |
| Wednesday Night | Partly Cloudy | Low 35°F |
The road to Homewood
From Reno, I-80 west to Truckee (about 32 miles), SR-89 south along the Truckee River to Tahoe City, then SR-89 south down the West Shore for about 6 miles to the resort, whose base lodges sit across the highway from the lake. Allow about an hour and a quarter in good weather.
Road pages with chain controls, closures and every camera: SR-89 road conditions · I-80 road conditions. What R-1, R-2 and R-3 ask of your car is on the chain-control levels page.
Webcams near Homewood
The state highway cameras closest to the resort, on SR-89 on the West Shore and at Tahoe City. They show the road, not the slopes: the resort’s own cameras are on skihomewood.com.
Live video, confirmed streaming at ; still image taken .
| Camera | Road | Elevation | From the resort |
|---|---|---|---|
| SR-89 at Tahoe City / Granlibakken | SR-89 | 6,256 ft | 5.3 mi |
| SR-89 at Tahoe City / Fairway Dr | SR-89 | 6,286 ft | 5.4 mi |
| SR-89 at Olympic Valley / Rampart | SR-89 | 6,250 ft | 5.6 mi |
| SR-28 at Tahoe City / SR-89 | SR-28 | 6,246 ft | 5.7 mi |
| SR-89 at Tahoe City / Alpine Meadows | SR-89 | 6,220 ft | 7.2 mi |
Homewood Mountain Resort and the highway cameras around it.
Where to stay for Homewood
How this page decides "open"
No date yet: the resort’s own site does not name an opening day. This page does not follow Homewood’s lifts. Its opening day is the one posted on skihomewood.com, with the date we read it; snow and the forecast here are refreshed every morning. On the day, the resort’s own lift report says what is running. Alert me sends a notification on the morning of the announced opening day.
Other Tahoe resorts
Snow on the ground at every resort, read hourly: Tahoe snow report. All of them on one page, with snow and forecasts side by side: Tahoe ski resort opening dates. Choosing between them from Reno: ski resorts near Reno compared.
Opening plan: as posted on Homewood’s own site, skihomewood.com, on the date shown. Snow on the ground: USDA NRCS SNOTEL station Ward Creek #3 (848:CA:SNTL). Forecast: National Weather Service, api.weather.gov. Road status: Caltrans and NDOT. Nevada Explorer is not affiliated with Homewood Mountain Resort.