Tamarack, California


Tamarack, formerly known as Camp Tamarack, is an unincorporated community in Calaveras County, California, in the United States. It was founded in the 1920s. A nearby weather station, located across the Alpine County line, has been the site of several United States meteorological records.
Tamarack is located at an elevation of 6,913 feet, on the west slope of the Sierra Nevada near Bear Valley and south of South Lake Tahoe.

Climate

The greatest snow depth ever recorded in North America was recorded in Tamarack: in January 1911, 390 inches of snow fell, leading to a snow depth in March of 451 inches. Tamarack also holds the record for greatest seasonal snowfall in California: during the winter of 1906−1907, it received 883 or 884 inches of snow.
Tamarack has a subarctic climate with mild to warm summers coupled with chilly nights and moderately cold winter days with frigid nights and extremely heavy annual snowfall averaging 443.7 inches.