Tamarack Peak is a 9,897-foot-elevation mountain summit located in Washoe County, Nevada, United States.

Topographic relief is modest as the summit rises 1,344 feet (410 meters) above Tahoe Meadows in one mile.

[5] The peak is named for the Tamarack tree, a member of the larch family which does not grow in this region,[6] but may have been confused with the Tamarack pine (Pinus contorta murrayana), also called Sierra lodgepole pine, which is a common tree around Lake Tahoe.

[8] Most weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean, and travel east toward the Sierra Nevada mountains.

As fronts approach, they are forced upward by the peaks (orographic lift), causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall onto the range.