Mount Hua (Huashan)

华山风景区（游客中心）

Five sheer granite peaks straight out of a martial-arts novel

⚠ Uphill cable cars stop 4pm

Hours

Cable cars 7am–7pm (1 Mar–30 Nov), 8am–6pm (Dec–Feb); uphill boarding ends 4pm. Walking trails open 24 hours

Tickets

Entry ¥160 (Mar–Nov) / ¥100 (Dec–Feb), real-name online booking with passport. West Peak cable car ¥140 one way, North Peak ¥80 one way; valley shuttles ¥40 (west) and ¥20 (north)

Address

Shuttles run from the Huashan Tourist Center in Huayin to the West and North cable-car bases (map pin: North Peak upper station)

A Taoist holy mountain and the western of China's five great peaks. Step off the cable car onto the ridge and near-vertical granite drops away below you, while steps cut into the rock and chain railings link one summit to the next. The standard route is 'west up, north down': West Peak cable car up, walk West → South (2,155 m) → East → Central → North, then the North Peak car down. Martial-arts fans get excited just at the name, and the cable cars get less keen hikers, including older parents, up there. The long stair descents will still be in your knees the next day.