Latest News
15mph Speed Limit
Please remind your contractors and tenants to abide by the 15mph speed limit for both safety and noise.
Homeowners have a new HOA management portal
Please use the new web portal for payments, work orders, architecture review and more, at https://www.plavadawoodlandshoa.com/
Location
Peaceful and scenic, PlaVada Woodlands is located in the heart of the Sierra Nevada Mountains near the Donner Summit on Interstate 80. We are a short drive to Donner Lake and historic Truckee, and just a bit further is spectacular Lake Tahoe.
Activities
We are in very close proximity to many popular outdoor activities including some of the best skiing in the world. There are many year-round activities such as hiking, skiing, cycling, boating, snowmobiling, and fishing. Members/owners enjoy some of these activities right out their door, including fishing in the Yuba River!
Amenities
We have many facilities and conveniences that many mountain communities do not. PlaVada owns, operates, and maintains its own roads, sewer and water system. High speed Internet access is available in the community as well.
Become an owner/member
To become a member, please contact the HOA or send us a request.
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Community
In PlaVada Woodlands, we have a strong sense of community with an active home owner's association, welcoming all members to participate in the various activities that help to maintain the beauty and tranquility of the surrounding area.
On the Lighter Side
Life In The Mountains
(Yes, this is meant to be funny)
Aug. 12 Moved to our new home in Pla-Vada. It is so beautiful here. The mountains are so majestic. Can hardly wait to see them with snow.
Oct. 14 Pla-Vada is the most beautiful place on earth. The leaves are turning all the colors and shades of red and orange. Went for a ride through the beautiful mountains and saw some deer. They are so graceful, certainly they are the most wonderful animal on earth. This must be paradise. I love it here.
Nov. 11 Deer season will start soon. I can’t imagine anyone wanting to kill such a gorgeous creature. Hope it will snow soon. I love it here.
Dec. 02 It snowed last night. Woke up to find everything blanketed with white. It looks like a postcard. Went outside and cleaned the snow off the steps and shoveled the driveway. We had a snow ball fight and when the snow-plow came by we had to shovel the driveway again. What a beautiful place. I love it here.
Dec. 19 More snow last night. Couldn’t get out of the driveway to get to work. I’m exhausted from shoveling. Crazy snow-plow driver.
Dec. 22 More of that “white stuff” fell last night. I’ve got blisters on my hands from shoveling. I think the snow-plow hides around the curve and waits until I’m done shoveling the driveway. Sneaky driver.
Dec 25 Merry “Snowing” Christmas. More “white fluffy” snow. If I ever get my hands on that crazy person who drives that snow-plow I swear I’ll tear him into pieces. Don’t know why they don’t use more salt on the roads to melt the frozen ice.
Dec 27 More “white stuff” last night. Been inside for 3 days except for shoveling out the driveway after the snow-plow goes through every time. Can’t go anywhere, cars stuck in a mountain of “white stuff”. The weatherman says to expect another 10” of the “white stuff” again tonight. Do you know how many shovels full of snow 10” is?
Dec 28 The local weather man was wrong. We got 34” of that “Sierra Cement” this time. At this rate it won’t melt before next summer. The snow-plow got stuck up the road and the crazy driver came to the door and asked to borrow my shovel. After I told him I had broken six shovels already shoveling all the snow he pushed into the driveway, I broke the last one over his head.
Jan. 04 Finally got out of the house today. Went to the store to get food and on the way back a darn deer ran in front of the car and I hit it. Did about $3000.00 damage to the car. Those meddlesome beasts should be killed. Wish the hunters had killed all of them.
May 01 Took the car to the garage in town. Would you believe the thing is rusting out from all that salt they put all over the road?
May 10 Moved to Florida. I can’t imagine why anyone in their right mind would ever live in that God forsaken community of Pla-Vada.