Woodward Tahoe USA

Ecosign developed a transformative four-season Master Plan for Boreal Mountain Resort, enhancing summer appeal with a BMX park, skatepark, and an indoor freestyle training centre. Our Master Plan contributed to the creation of Woodward Tahoe, a state-of-the-art facility for year-round action sports.

The Boreal Mountain Resort is a winter sports playground in Northern California. In 2010, Ecosign was retained to prepare a four-season Master Plan for the base area to extend the resort’s operating season. Our plan incorporated an indoor freestyle training centre, a BMX park, a skateboard park, and additional outdoor facilities to create a critical mass of activities to attract summer visitors. 

Ecosign’s Comprehensive Master Plan was approved by the Nevada County Planning Commission in 2011, and Boreal Mountain Resort announced a partnership with Camp Woodward to build Woodward Tahoe. A year later the 3,060 m² Woodward Tahoe facility opened featuring an indoor skate park, ski/ride ramps, pump track, foam pits, trampolines, tumble tracks and a spring floor for gymnastics training. This facility provides a safe training environment for learning progressively difficult aerial tricks in a variety of sports including BMX, skiing, snowboarding, gymnastics and tumbling. The facility has greatly added to the appeal of the Resort on a year-round basis. Our scope of work for this project included the preparation of plans for siting the building, parking and pedestrian circulation, landscaping and vegetation, signage and lighting, grading and a 3-dimensional view analysis to determine the impact of the new building on the view from the scenic Tahoe-Donner Highway.