Palm Springs Aerial Tramway

Monday morning, Rocke and I packed up and checked out of WorldMark. Before driving to Temecula, we took the Aerial Tramway in Palm Springs. Rocke had taken the tram ride a couple of times and wanted me to experience it. A favorite attraction in Palm Springs, the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway ascends 8,500 feet up the side of Mt. San Jacinto in new, Swiss-made rotating tram cars. Starting in Chino Canyon near Palm Springs, the tram takes passengers from Valley Station at 2,643 feet elevation to Mountain Station on the edge of the Wilderness, elevation 8,516 feet - a breathtaking 15-minute journey up the sheer cliffs of Chino Canyon.