Aerial Desert Floor

Some people freak out on the tram ride just a heads up.

Aerial desert floor.

It was opened in september 1963 as a way of getting from the floor of the coachella valley to near the top of san jacinto peak and was constructed in rugged chino canyon before its construction the only way to the top of the mountain was to hike hours from idyllwild. And yes the floor rotates as you go up and down giving everyone a view at some point. If you re like me you ve driven interstate 10 many times and passed right by the palm springs aerial tramway sign just west of this most famous desert home of the fords the bonos the hopes and other retired well heeled of the desert. Palm springs aerial tramway palm springs ca.

Desert floor to mountain meadows see 9 174 traveler reviews 5 213 candid photos and great deals for palm springs ca at tripadvisor. The popular aerial tramway that takes visitors from the desert floor in palm springs up into the san jacinto mountains will be closed at least until april 1 because of damage from recent storms. Half of the fun is taking the tram to mountain station. Taking a trip on the palm springs aerial tramway can be great.

I mean one minute you are on the scorching hot desert floor but then after a short drive up to the valley station 2 643 ft and a 12 minute ride on a rotating tram car later you are 8 516 feet above sea level in the beautiful southern california mountains. Ascend two and one half miles to a pristine wilderness aboard the world s largest rotating tramcar. Then sakai and his colleagues handed the algorithm a massive set of high resolution aerial photos of the desert floor. Palm springs aerial tramway.

It searched for features shapes patterns of light and dark contrast and. It had been shut for maintenance since sept. The tram is the world s largest rotating ariels tramway starting in the sonoran desert and ending in an alpine zone.