Tianmen Mountain 天门山

Yes — real-name advance booking is required, via the official WeChat account "张家界天门山景区"; tickets are released daily at 08:00, and peak season books out, so reserve 3–5 days ahead (some pages say 1–3 days) and take an early slot (07:00–08:00). Foreigners can book: full passport details must be given at booking, and the physical passport is scanned at the gate (ID card preferred; passport or other valid ID accepted with manual verification). Note: from 13 Oct 2026 the city-side lower-to-mid cableway section is suspended for upgrading; only the C-line route (Tianmen Cave express cableway + 7-stage escalator) is sold and A/B line packages are withdrawn — check before relying on a main-cableway ticket.

08:00–19:00

About ¥288. Adult package ticket ¥288 in peak season, including the main cableway, shuttle bus and the mountain-crossing escalator (pages 1–2). One page quotes about ¥278 including cableway + shuttle bus (page 3), and the draft's ¥278 matches that. Concessions: students and 60–64 year-olds about ¥149; free (transport only) for those 65+ and children under 1.2 m. Optional extras paid on site: glass-walkway shoe covers ¥5/pair (compulsory, own shoes not allowed), Tianmen Cave escalator ¥32 (to skip the 999 steps), Yunmeng summit mini cableway ¥25. Package tickets are non-refundable after 17:00 on the visit day (page 6).

Plan about 6 hours.