Tianmen Mountain is a mountain located within Tianmen Mountain National Park, Zhangjiajie in China. A cablecar was constructed by the French company Poma from nearby Zhangjiajie railway station to the top of the mountain. Tianmen Mountain Cableway is the “longest passenger cableway of high mountains in the world”.
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Tourists can walk on kilometres of paths built onto the cliff face at the top of the mountain including sections with glass floors. An 11 kilometres road with 99 bends also reaches the top of the mountain and takes visitors to Tianmen cave.
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It is a natural hole in the mountain of a height of 131.5 metres. A large temple is also located on the summit with chairlift or footpath access. The original temple here was built in the Tang Dynasty.
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