Tianmen Mountain( 'Heaven's Gate Mountain') is a mountain located within Tianmen Mountain National Park, Zhangjiajie, in the northwestern part of Hunan Province, China.
Tianmen Mountain Cableway is the longest passenger cableway of high mountains in the world, with 98 cars a total length of 7,455 m (24,459 ft), and an ascent of 1,279 m (4,196 ft). The highest gradient is 37 degrees. Tourists can walk on kilometers of paths built along the cliff face at the top of the mountain, including sections with glass floors.
An 11 km road - Tongtian Avenue - with 99 bends also reaches the top of the mountain and takes visitors to the Tianmen Cave natural arch in the mountain of a height of 131.5 m (431.4 ft). As with the mountain, the cave translates as Heaven's Door and has a 999-step entrance known as "the Stairway to Heaven."
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