Palm Springs is one of a number of towns nestled in a valley, one side has pretty high mountains – and there is a “tramway” (cable car) run to the top! To get to the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway you first drive from the valley floor (at about sea level) to around 2500ft – quite a climb in itself! Even just the walk from parking to the entrance takes you a good way higher, but the tramway itself lifts you more than a mile vertically to about 8500ft!
I am not at all keen on heights or riding such flimsy transport, but we made it to the top in one piece and I must admit the view from the top is impressive!
There is a big temperature difference from the 80s in the valley to around 40, with snow still not melted away!
After returning to the ground, we headed further west towards San Diego, driving through & over the mountains, eventually staying overnight in Carlsbad, right opposite “the flower fields” (read about them here).
M&I / GBMINI 
