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TAR 18 Locations/Destinations **spoilers**
DrRox:
The aerial tram is in a canyon on the NE side of Mt San Jacinto, just west of the NW part of Palm Springs. There is a good road out of the canyon to that major road.
Slowhatch:
This is probably the tour mentioned; it's also mentioned in this article that I came across when I was researching the woodland-camo karts (I thought it might belong to a company, but it's a dead end; San Gorgonio isn't one farm, but a collection of dozens of farms/companies). Some trivia from the article:
* It takes sustained wind speeds of 13mph (or more) to make a wind farm profitable
* The older. lattice-style turbines are called "dumb" or "downwind" because they are fixed; the newer "smart" or "upwind" turbines can turn to face the wind
Chateau d If:
Here is the Google Maps route from the start line to Park One at LAX. As stated already, the predicted drive time is about 2 hours.
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Plaidmoon:
--- Quote from: DrRox on January 20, 2011, 10:05:44 PM ---The aerial tram is in a canyon on the NE side of Mt San Jacinto, just west of the NW part of Palm Springs. There is a good road out of the canyon to that major road.
--- End quote ---
I doubt if it will prove to be of any use, but I rode on that aerial tram about 20 to 25 years ago. I don't remember it well enough to know where it was relative to the starting line. It was an interesting ride as there were several (5?) climatic regimes on the mountain from the desert floor at the bottom to an alpine environment at the top. I did some hiking on one or two of the trails at the top. I also remember having a good meal at the restaurant at the top of the tram.
georgiapeach:
Here is the TRAM info:
http://www.pstramway.com/history.html
Here is a wonderful site with mutiple panoramas of our starting line area, def worth a look!
http://www.khurramhashmi.org/move-to-California/Palm_Springs_Aerial_Tramway_Mount_San_Jacinto_State_Park_San_Bernardino_National_Forest_California.html
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