As half an inch to an inch of rain is set to hit the Coachella Valley floor, residents and tourists are escaping the wet ...

including to San Jacinto Peak), or snowshoe and cross-country ski during the winter, before heading back down the mountain. The city of Palm Springs rests in the shadows of the San Jacinto Mountains.

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