If you’re scared of heights then you might want to look away now, because this walkway in China is your worst nightmare come true. The fact that it’s attached 4,600ft (1,403 metres) up the side of a mountain is scary enough, but the fact that it’s also made of glass is nothing short of terrifying
Would YOU dare to cross it? New glass-bottomed walkway opens at 4,600ft on a Chinese mountain
Remarkable walkway is just five feet wide and sits on the cliffside on Tianmen Mountain, southern China . This is the 3rd such glass-bottomed attraction to open at the national park, offering tourists amazing views. 'Coiling Dragon Cliff' skywalk opened on Monday and has attracted plenty of visitors to brave the heights
Another frighteningly high glass-bottomed skywalk has been unveiled in the mountains of southern China, daring brave tourists to walk along a cliff with a cavernous drop on the other side.
The 'Coiling Dragon Cliff' walkway opened on August 1 on Tianmen Mountain, at the Tianmenshan National Park in Zhangjiajie, and has already welcomed visitors to try out its dizzying heights for themselves.
The 330ft-long path along the mountainside is just 5ft wide, giving tourists a very clear view of the plunging valley on the other side of the barrier, according to People's Daily Online.
Coiling Dragon Cliff walkway, the third such walkway to open on the mountain, has been recently converted from a wooden pathway and sits at around 4,600ft above sea level.
The mountainous area is particularly popular with tourists for its remarkable natural scenery as well as for its relatively new attractions, the glass-bottomed walkways.
See-through bridges are cropping up all across the Middle Kingdom at the moment.
They are usually considered by local authorities as a way to try to maximise on the number of tourists travelling to areas.
These ambitious ventures are usually presented in the form of a bridge, a cliff-side passage or an observation deck.
Below are five of the most popular opened glass-bottomed structures from China.
1. Shilinxia glass-bottomed disk
Nerve-racking: The enormous 4,470-square-foot viewing platform in Pinggu District, Beijing, has become a tourist hot spot in China
Location: Jingdong Stone Forest Gorge scenic spot in Beijing
Size: 4,470 square feet
Height: 1,300 feet
Opened in May, 2016
2. Zhangjiajie glass bridge
Location: Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon, Hunan Province
Length: 1,410 feet
Height: 980 feet
Expected to open in July, 2016
3. Shiniuzhai glass bridge
The terrifying bridge in Shiniushan was said to wobble when people walked across it, adding to the fear-factor of the frightening ordeal
Location: Stone Buddha Mountain, Hunan Province
Length: 984 feet
Height: 590 feet
Opened in September, 2015
4. Yuntai Mountain passage
The U-shaped platform is attached to a cliff face on Yuntai Mountain, Henan Province, and opened to the public on September 20
Location: Jiaozuo, Henan Province
Length: 853 feet
Height: 3,540 feet
Opened in September, 2015
5. Yunduan glass observation deck
The horseshoe-shaped walkway in Chongqing extends 87.5ft from a cliff edge, allowing visitors to feel as though they are walking on air
Location: Longgang National Geological Park, Chongqing
Length: 1,410 feet
Height: 2,350 feet
Opened in July, 2015
Coiling Dragon Cliff walkway, the third such walkway to open on the mountain, has been recently converted from a wooden pathway and sits at around 4,600ft above sea level.
The mountainous area is particularly popular with tourists for its remarkable natural scenery as well as for its relatively new attractions, the glass-bottomed walkways.
See-through bridges are cropping up all across the Middle Kingdom at the moment.
They are usually considered by local authorities as a way to try to maximise on the number of tourists travelling to areas.
These ambitious ventures are usually presented in the form of a bridge, a cliff-side passage or an observation deck.
Below are five of the most popular opened glass-bottomed structures from China.
1. Shilinxia glass-bottomed disk
Nerve-racking: The enormous 4,470-square-foot viewing platform in Pinggu District, Beijing, has become a tourist hot spot in China
Location: Jingdong Stone Forest Gorge scenic spot in Beijing
Size: 4,470 square feet
Height: 1,300 feet
Opened in May, 2016
2. Zhangjiajie glass bridge
Location: Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon, Hunan Province
Length: 1,410 feet
Height: 980 feet
Expected to open in July, 2016
3. Shiniuzhai glass bridge
The terrifying bridge in Shiniushan was said to wobble when people walked across it, adding to the fear-factor of the frightening ordeal
Location: Stone Buddha Mountain, Hunan Province
Length: 984 feet
Height: 590 feet
Opened in September, 2015
4. Yuntai Mountain passage
The U-shaped platform is attached to a cliff face on Yuntai Mountain, Henan Province, and opened to the public on September 20
Location: Jiaozuo, Henan Province
Length: 853 feet
Height: 3,540 feet
Opened in September, 2015
5. Yunduan glass observation deck
Location: Longgang National Geological Park, Chongqing
Length: 1,410 feet
Height: 2,350 feet
Opened in July, 2015
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