Bailong Elevator

百龙天梯

A 326 m glass lift bolted to a cliff face

⚠ Peak queues 1–3 hours

Hours

Runs during Forest Park hours; check exact times on site

Tickets

¥65 one way, on top of park entry; 4-day transport pass ¥298

Address

Inside the Forest Park, between the lower station at Shuirao Simen and the upper station near Yuanjiajie

Someone bolted a steel tower to a sheer sandstone cliff and hung three glass lifts on the outside. It climbs 326 m from the valley floor to the Yuanjiajie plateau in under two minutes. After a short stretch inside the rock, the windows suddenly fill with pillars and everyone surges to the glass with their phones up. The catch is that the queue lasts far longer than the ride. Hikers coming up from Golden Whip Stream and people heading down off the plateau all funnel through here.