Tianmen Mountain (Zhangjiajie) — ⚠️ Main Cableway Fully Suspended Since Oct 13; Only the C-Line Route Operates

The short answer

The park is open — but this is exactly the kind of change that ruins unprepared trips: the historic Tianmenshan cableway is fully out of service for an upgrade project as of October 13, 2026. A/B-line and single-ride 1/2-line packages are suspended. Only the C-line route is sold.

What the C-line route actually looks like now

1. Enter at the mountain gate → ride the Tianmen Cave fast cableway up to Tianmen Cave
2. Take the 7-flight through-mountain escalator to the summit
3. Tour the summit sights → return by escalator → descend by the fast cableway

Operating hours: boarding from 08:00, last ticket check 16:00. A free shuttle still links the old cableway lower station (in the city) to the mountain gate.

What this means for your plan

• The famous "ride the cableway from the city" experience is unavailable — the 99-bend road + cave + summit loop is what you get.
• Tickets: C-line combinations run around CNY 288 and up depending on inclusions (escalator, summit extras).
• Refund rules were also tightened: no partial refunds on multi-ticket orders, and tickets are void after 17:00 on the visit day.
• Weather already forces frequent temporary closures of sections; with construction layered on top, check the official "张家界天门山景区" WeChat account the morning you go.

We flagged this within a week of the change — this page is the template for our open-status checks: official-source, dated, and only what we could verify.

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