Mount San Jacinto - Palm Springs Aerial Tramway

Must-see attractions nearby: Palm Springs Aerial Tramway Palm Canyon Palm Springs Art Museum (Formerly the Desert Museum) Mount San Jacinto Palm Springs Air Museum Agua Caliente Cultural Museum Ruddy's General Store Museum

If you happen to be visiting during the hot summer months a trip up the mountain is a great escape from the heat where you can go for a meal and walk. Temperatures are usually about 30-degrees cooler at the top.

The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway was opened in 1963. Two 80 passenger cars depart every half hour from morning into the early evening.

The valley station is on the northern edge of Palm Springs. The tramway, built in Switzerland in the early sixties, travels up the difference in altitude in fourteen minutes, during which time you pass through several climatic zones. Even if it is a hot day in the valley it is cool on the peak.