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CELEBRATE VALENTINE’S DAY IN AN ALPINE FOREST
Peak’s Restaurant Offers Special Prix Fixe Menu
PALM SPRINGS, CA (January 25, 2017) Peak’s Restaurant—at the top of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway—will offer a special 3-course prix fixe menu on Valentine’s Day for $59.95. The menu includes choice of appetizer (Ahi Poke or mixed greens), entrée (filet mignon, Salmon en Papillote or potato gnocchi) and white chocolate strawberry Crème Brule for dessert.
The prix fixe menu—in addition to Peak’s regular menu— will be served on February 14 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Reservations are recommended. Tax, gratuity and tram admission are not included.
Already have plans for lunch or dinner? Discover another side of romance and spend the day in the snow fields of the Mount San Jacinto State Park or just enjoy the views from the Mountain Station view terraces.
Tram admission is $25.95 for adults and $16.95 for children ages 3-12 years. Special discounts and packages are available after 4:00 p.m. — Twilight Tickets are $22.95 for adults and seniors, and $13.95 for children ages 3-12. Ride ‘n’ Dine tickets are $36 for adults and seniors, and $23.50 for children ages 3-12. This combination ticket includes Tram admission and dinner at Pines Café.
SPECIAL TRAM HOURS FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. HOLIDAY
PALM SPRINGS, CA (January 3, 2017) The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway will observe holiday hours during the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Weekend January 14-16 with the first Tram up each day at 8:00 a.m., the last Tram up at 8:00 p.m. and the last Tram down at 9:45 p.m. Tram cars depart at least every 30 minutes.
At the Mountain Station, visitors may enjoy viewpoints, a gift shop, a natural history museum, snow fields for sledding, trails for snowshoeing and cross-country skiing, Adventure Center rentals (snow conditions permitting) and two documentary-style movies about the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway and the Mount San Jacinto State Park.
Dining options include:
- Peaks Restaurant offers a waiter-service dining experience. Reservations are recommended by calling 760-325-4537 or by booking via Open Table on the Tram’s website.
- Pines Café offers a more casual, cafeteria-style dining alternative.
- Lookout Lounge offers a variety of alcoholic beverages and appetizers.
Tram admission is $25.95 for adults and $16.95 for children ages 3-12 years.
Special discounts and packages are available after 4:00 p.m. Twilight Tickets are $22.95 for adults and seniors, and $13.95 for children ages 3-12. Ride ‘n’ Dine tickets are $36 for adults and seniors, and $23.50 for children ages 3-12. This combination ticket includes Tram admission and dinner at Pines Café.
BRIAN NESTANDE NAMED NEWEST TRAMWAY AUTHORITY BOARD MEMBER
Former Inland Assemblyman Brian Nestande has been appointed to the Mount San Jacinto Winter Park Authority (MSJWPA) by the Riverside County Board of Supervisors. Mr. Nestande, now deputy county executive officer for Riverside County, represented the 42nd district in the California State Assembly from 2008 to 2014. Previously, he served as chief of staff for Congressman Sonny Bono and then Congresswoman Mary Bono.
Also, Bary Freet, current chairman of the MSJWPA Board, was reappointed by the supervisors for a second term.
“Mr. Nestande is a valuable addition to the Tramway board. His experience in all levels of government is quite unique,” said Rob W. Parkins, general manager of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. “Also, we are delighted with Chairman Freet’s reappointment for a second four-year term.”
The seven-member Mount San Jacinto Winter Park Authority, a public agency and public corporation of the State of California, is the governing body of Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. The Authority was created by the Mount San Jacinto Winter Park Authority Act Ch.1040 of the Statutes of 1945, as amended by Ch.70 of the Statutes of 1947 and Ch.1004 of the Statutes of 1951, of the State of California.
Two members of the Authority are appointed by the Palm Springs City Council, two by the Riverside County Board of Supervisors and three by the California Governor. They serve without compensation for a four-year term.
