Up 6,500 feet over Palm Springs in a Tram

Post author By TravisGood
Post date May 29, 2011
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Tramway — From desert to sub-alpine this tram really changes your world. At $24 per adult ticket it can also empty your wallet pretty quickly. Still, as an occasional treat it’s easy to justify the cost.

A JazzTrax festivals used to be held each year at the top of this cable system in the San Jacinto mountains. Starting in Palm Springs at 2,000 ft elevation this tram takes you to 8,500 feet in just a few minutes. When you arrive you find it’s 30 degrees cooler and has subalpine vegetation.

Knowing this is one thing but today I was going to experience it for myself.

Sure enough … brrrrr … Palm Springs sure seemed small from up here.