Palm Springs Aerial Tramway
Opened to the public in September 1963.

REGULAR TRAM ADMISSION
Adults $21.95
Children $14.95 (ages 3-12)
Seniors $19.95 (60+)
Annual Pass: $120 (adults) $90 (3-12)

HOURS OF OPERATION
Cars depart at least every half hour from 10 a.m., Monday-Friday; 8 a.m. weekends and holiday periods. Last car up is 8 p.m. with the last car down at 9:45 p.m. (HOURS OF OPERATION ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE
Temperatures may be 30-40 degrees cooler on the mountain top.)

Driving directions to Palm Springs Tram Cable Cars:
Take North Palm Canyon Drive (Highway 111), north of Racquet Club Road, west to One Tramway Road, Palm Springs, California, 92262. For more information, the Palm Springs Tram phone is: (760)325-1449. For Palm Springs Tram Restaurants, phone: 760-327-1592.
Toll free in US and Canada:
1.888.515.TRAM

 These world-famous rotating cable cars provide an amazing scenic adventure to the top of the beautiful and often snow-capped Mt San Jacinto's Chino Canyon. The ride to the top of the tram is two and one half miles from the valley station, up Chino Canyon, 15 minutes travel time each way - with breathtaking views stretching as much as 50 miles in all directions as your car rotates to provide optimal views. 
The tram is one of the biggest attractions in Southern California. The eight and-a-half minute ride beginning at the Valley Station up North America's sheerest mountain face passes through several life zones on its way to the mountain station at 8516 feet (2600 m) above mean sea level.
The trip has been likened in terms of geologic and climatic change to a motor trip from Sonora to the Canadian tundra. The air can be as much as 40°F (25°C) cooler at the top than in the desert. Visitors can walk along nature trails, take a burro ride or even play in the snow during the winter months. Back-country hiking can be done with a permit from the U.S. Forest Service. There are two restaurants at the summit, one of which specializes in fine dining. Both stations have gift shops specializing in Aerial Tramway-related merchandise as well as educational toys. 
The view at the top can stretch northward for more than 200 miles (300 km) on a clear day, all the way to Mount Charleston north of Las Vegas. Views to the east and west can stretch as far as 75 miles (120 km); the Salton Sea is plainly visible to the southeast.
A theatre with a series of user-selectable presentations is located at the Mountain Station as is a display of taxidermied local fauna, each of which met their ends either by accident or by poaching. The presentations, voiced in large part by local radio personalities, were created by local television station KESQ-TV and by the state park service.