Mt. San Jacinto Summit Hike

Let Another Side of Los Angeles Tours pick you up in a private car from your point of origin, then transport you to Palm Springs, where the panoramic aerial tramway (a truly exhilarating rotating cable car, one of only three on earth) will elevate you through six climate zones from the desert station at 2500 feet to the mountain station at 8500 feet. That’s where the adventure just begins – our seasoned guide will lead you overland on an eleven mile round trip hike, with an ascent of 2300 vertical feet, to the summit of Mt. San Jacinto, one of the highest peaks in Southern California at some 10,834 feet of elevation! These mountains are true alpine terrain, so green and lush in contrast to the browned desert below. Many people swear they’re in Switzerland! Wildlife viewing possibilities include Golden Eagles, Deer, Bobcats, Mountain Sheep and even more rare species that traverse these wilds. See, feel and know the splendor that this last pristine wilderness of Southern California has to offer: the purest fresh air, cool temperatures while the desert below bakes in extreme heat, crystal blue skies, the type of tranquil peace that can only exist far from cities, almost surreal and splendidly wholesome silence punctuated only by whispering winds and calls of birds of prey; then imagine the clarion views from atop the peak of Mt. San Jacinto, on particularly cloudless and clear days the ocean may be seen almost a hundred miles away. This is the type of experience that may be termed ‘spiritual’ in any number of ways. The majesty of this place could almost make one weep with the scope of its purity and beauty. There is no greater hidden, almost unknown, gem in all of California.

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