Palm Springs Ariel Tram - Palm Springs - TravBuddy

So I went to Palm Springs in February of 2006 and the one thing I wanted to do out there is go on the Palm Spring Ariel Tram. But sigh..that didn't happen because my friend got called into work. So this year when I went to Phoenix this year I made a pit stop in Palm Springs for 2 days so I could go on the Tram.

I think I had a hyped up expectation in my head about how it would be. All I knew at that point is you go up a mountain on a tram 2 and a half miles up and within that point you get to see the eco-zones from Mexico to Alaska. I wanted to go in the winter to see the snow, but until a couple days before I went there was no snow...so I thought I was going to be greatly dissapointed.

But let me tell you a little bit about the tram and what you see. Francis F. Crocker, an electrical engineer, wanted to "go up there where it's nice and cool" durint the hot summer months in the 1930's. By 1950, technicians were moving ahead on designs for the Tramway, spending more than $250,000 solving riddles of road and tower construction and the tram was finished in 1963.

At the top there is an over priced restaurant and 54 miles of hiking trails in Mount San Jacinto State Park. The next thing I want to do is hike up Mount San Jacinto. You can get camping permits for day passes and hike up instead of using the Tram. I think this would be an awesome adventure.