Mount San Jacinto, Palm Springs, California

The gondola. The only one of its kind in the western hemisphere.

View down on the way up.

View from the top. Palm Springs can be seen spread out on the desert valley floor.

The national park on the top. Note the snow-covered ground and pine trees. The temperature was about 3 degrees Celcius (40 degrees F).

A little stream running right next to the top station.

Another view of the valley.

An outcrop of the mountain's granite core.