Tianmen Shan Big Gate Road runs for 6.8 miles and climbs 3,600 feet up the side of the mountain. There are a total of 99 hairpins, some with as tight a radius of just 18 feet.

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The Tianmen Mountain Road, in Zhangjiajie, China, is one of the world's most bendy roads, with drivers having to navigate 99 hairpin turns and tight tunnels. In a journey that never seems to end ...

China's Tianmen Road is the ... its 6.8 miles of two-lane needs 99 hard turns to climb from 658 feet to 4,265 feet up the side of Tianmen Mountain. Red Bull used the road for its Drift King ...

Still, it seems the Tianmen Mountain Big Gate Road may be shaping up as somewhat of a challenge – China's own Pikes Peak or Nurburgring, perhaps – and if that means we start to see more and ...

Tung recently tackled the road as a warmup to driving a Range Rover Sport P400e plug-in hybrid up the 999 steps to Heaven’s Gate, a natural rock arch at the top of Tianmen Mountain.

Volkswagen's spectacular ID.R on the even more spectacular Tianmen Shan Big Gate Road Volkswagen With Pikes Peak hero Romain Dumas at the wheel, the ID.R ascended this stunning and treacherous ...

This week Range Rover set yet another record with their PHEV Sport Hybrid. The Range Rover Sport P400e expertly summited the legendary 7-mile Tianmen Mountain Road in China. Also known as the ...

The dramatic walkway overlooks Tongtian Avenue, a mountain road with 99 turns that snakes up Tianmen Mountain in Hunan’s Zhangjiajie National Forest Park. Its name means “Avenue to the Sky.” ...

With its 99 hairpin bends, this road in Tianmen Mountain National Park is traced through the mountains, at an altitude of almost 6,561 feet.

VW isn't the first automaker to make its way up Tianmen Mountain. In early 2018, Land Rover took the refreshed Range Rover Sport to the same location, where it took all 99 hairpins before climbing ...

The Tianmen Mountain Road, in Zhangjiajie, China, is one of the world's most bendy roads, with drivers having to navigate 99 hairpin turns and tight tunnels. In a journey that never seems to end ...