Palm Springs Aerial Tramway

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Palm Springs Aerial Tramway

The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway - a car climbing from of the valley station below.

Address

1 Tramway Road

Palm Springs, CA 92262 

Phone

760-325-1391

Area

Neighborhood

Palm Springs

Price

$22.25

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Description

Rotating tram takes you from the desert floor to the top of the San Jacinto Mountains. Nice hiking on top.

From Wikipedia: The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway in Palm Springs, California, opened in September 1963 as a way of getting from the floor of the Coachella Valley to near the top of San Jacinto Peak. Prior to its construction, the only way to the top of the mountain was to hike for several hours from Idyllwild.

Today, the tram is one of the biggest attractions in Southern California. The eight-and-a-half-minute ride beginning at the Valley Station up North America's sheerest mountain face passes through several life zones on its way to the mountain station at 8516 feet (2600 m) above mean sea level. The trip has been likened in terms of geologic and climatic change to a motor trip from Sonora to the Canadian tundra.

Passengers disembark at the Mountain Station in the alpine wilderness of Long Valley and Mount San Jacinto State Park. The air can be as much as 40 °F (25 °C) cooler at the top than in the desert. Visitors can walk along nature trails, take a burro ride or even play in the snow during the winter months. Back-country hiking can be done with a permit from the U.S. Forest Service. There are two restaurants at the summit. Both stations have gift shops specializing in Aerial Tramway-related merchandise as well as educational toys.

The view at the top can stretch northward for more than 200 miles (300 km) on a clear day, all the way to Mount Charleston north of Las Vegas. Views to the east and west can stretch as far as 75 miles (120 km); the Salton Sea is plainly visible to the southeast.

A theater with a series of user-selectable presentations is located at the Mountain Station as is a display of taxidermied local fauna, each of which met their ends either by accident or by poaching. [1]

Tips

• It is MUCH colder at the top than at the base. Check the website for weather. Can stop at the ATV track on the way!

Hours Subject to change. Always verify.

Cars depart at least every half hour with the first car up Monday-Friday at 10am; first car up weekends and holiday periods at 8am.

Beginning Labor Day Weekend the last car up is 8pm with the last car down at 9:45pm.

Beginning Memorial Day Weekend the last car up is 9pm with the last car down at 10:30pm. [2]