Like an elevator the tram rises into the air pushing you into your ski boots. It is quiet except for the music coming from a speaker in the back. Each car has an assistant who closes and opens the doors and rides along so nobody is tempted to jump. A perk that comes with the job is choosing the music heard on the speaker. Usually it is Aerosmith or the Beastie Boys and once it was Phish.
Trams travel as high as two hundred feet in the air.
There are only five towers on the 4,100 vertical foot trip. These orange towers are higher then the high voltage electrical towers that can be seen along roads. They have enclosed staircases to provide access, even in the worst weather, to the cables on top. Going over a tower is like going over the crest of a hill in a speeding car. The tram swings back and forth as it passes each tower.