The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway will host its annual Easter Sunrise Service at the Mountain Station on Sunday, April 5. The event will begin at 5:15 a.m., with the first tram car departing at 4:30 a.m. The Perkins Brothers are scheduled to perform songs of faith, hope, and joy, while Pastor Robert Sneed will deliver an inspirational message.
Tickets for the Sunrise Service are priced at $24.95 for adults and seniors, and $13.95 for children ages 3-10. These can be purchased in advance at the Tramway’s Valley Station during regular business hours or on Easter morning from 4:00 a.m. to 7:30 a.m.
A combination Ride ‘N’ Breakfast ticket is available for $34.95 for adults and seniors, and $21.95 for children ages 3-10. This option includes tram fare, admission to the Sunrise Service, and breakfast served in Pines Café from 6:45 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., featuring fresh fruit, pastries, scrambled eggs, applewood-smoked bacon, and more. Tickets may be purchased onsite at Valley Station, online at www.pstramway.com/tickets, or upon arrival on Easter Sunday between 4:00 a.m. and 7:30 a.m.
For those seeking additional dining options later in the day, Pines Café will offer an all-day Easter Ride ‘N’ Dine menu from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., including choices such as glazed ham, sliced meatloaf, grilled chicken breast or vegetarian lasagna with side dishes and beverages included. Ride ‘N’ Dine tickets cost $41.00 for adults and seniors and $27.50 for children ages 3-10; these tickets along with regular tram fares will be available starting at 7:30 a.m.
The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway operates as a self-funded entity that repaid private revenue bonds by 1996 (official website). It provides access from the desert floor into Mount San Jacinto State Park using what is recognized as the world’s largest rotating tram car (official website). The mountain station offers restaurants like Pines Café, observation decks with views of Coachella Valley and Chino Canyon landscapes (official website), museum exhibits about local natural history (official website), theaters showing educational films (official website), as well as hiking trail access (official website). Since opening in 1963 after innovative construction methods were used to build it across steep terrain (official website), it has been modernized several times to improve visitor experience.
The facility is managed by the Mount San Jacinto Winter Park Authority—a California state agency (official website). The tram enhances public access to wilderness areas while promoting appreciation of surrounding landscapes like Chino Canyon (official website) and has received recognition both as a historical civil engineering landmark and as an “Eighth Wonder of the World” (official website).
