We arived at ths property and it looked cozy from the outside. The first thing i noticed when i walked into the room was the dead spider crushed in the picture frame. Thoughout the night my wife and I noticed 4 other live spiders before we went to sleep (within an hours span.) There were spider webs in every corner of the room. The bathroom walls and floor were also very dirty. The tamarack lodge has webs in every corner. The only good thing about this place is the price and location. i paid $75 here.
The next morning i mentioned these problems to the older front desk lady and she said "You are in the mountains, these spiders are inevitable." We checked and went to the America's Best Value Inn. There were no insects or spiders here and it was VERY clean. This place is only 0.5 miles down the street from the Tamarack Lodge.
If you like spiders crawling into your bed, stay at the Tamarack Lodge. My wife was disgusted at this place. We slept here, and took showers and the America Best Value Inn. We paid $98 at America's Best Value Inn. Well worth the difference!!!!!!!!
Don't bring your wife here!!!!!!

The Lodge is past the city, if you are coming from the North :)
The cabin was precious, with a king size bed and two twin beds, two bathrooms, a kitchenette and a salon. The kitchen with many amenities.

The location is perfect, very very pretty. At night aparently bears come out to visit :)

I would recomend this location for everybody, it's price is very good for its value.

Enjoyed my stay there. People were friendly and willing to make my ski trip arrangements. Would stay there again to get to the ski lifts on that side of town. Budget minded individuals only! Great for a couple.

Tahoe City and Truckee are the most convenient locations for overnight lodging while skiing at Squaw or Alpine. The winter weekends at these locations tend to be very expensive ($130 and up for a 2*). However you can get a motel room at the Tamarack Lodge for around $70 to $80. It's located about a mile or two east of the main part of Tahoe City. You'll get a clean no-frills room with either 2 queen beds or 1 king bed, a TV, alarm clock, table/chairs, refrigerator, and that's about it. The heat works well. It's fairly quiet for a roadside motel since the motel is set back a good distance from the main road. We didn't hear much from the neighbors except for some whoopee one morning. There is a continental breakfast of pastries and coffee, tea, or hot cider. I do have a few nits to pick though. The gel dispenser in the shower was broken so we were left with one small bar of soap and no shampoo (although we had packed our own). The shower mechanism was somewhat awkward to control. The beds squeaked and were not very comfortable. My friend didn't care for the fluorescent lighting although I thought it was fine. The bottom line is that it's not a dump and it is an average 1* property. So if you want to save some money, stay here.