Pitfall Avoidance Guide! Mount Laojun is located in Luanchuan County

Mount Laojun's entrance fee is 100, with a half-price discount of 50 for teachers or students, and electronic IDs are also accepted! Drive seven kilometers from the scenic area's ticket office to reach the first cableway station (either the Zhongling or Yunjing cableway). Make sure not to leave your car at the scenic area's main gate, and be sure to drive it as far inside as possible until you can't drive any further, to avoid walking. The round-trip fare for the first tunnel is 130 yuan. After queuing for 40 minutes, which seems like a lot of people, the line moves quickly. At 11:40, take the cableway, and after reaching the upper station, you can start heading towards the direction of the second cableway. The whole journey is on a flat plank road, with occasional steps. If you're physically fit, you can also rock climb towards the direction of the second cableway's lower station, a straight-line distance of 600 meters, with a rock climbing ticket costing 200 yuan. Enjoy the gentle scenery along the way to the second cableway, where a round-trip ticket is 80 yuan, a one-way ticket going up is 45 yuan, and going down is 40 yuan. This section of the cableway is quite short, taking about 10-15 minutes to reach the upper station. There are some steps to start with, and this part is the most tiring, but it's not long. After climbing, there's a large viewing platform to take in the scenery and have a rest and something to eat. The food on the mountain is not expensive, and it's recommended to bring just a bottle of water. On the mountain, marinated eggs cost 3 yuan, grilled sausages 8 yuan, instant noodles 12 yuan, and meat sandwiches 10 yuan, all very reasonably priced. Next to the viewing platform, there's a stele for the main peak of Funiu Mountain, where many people take photos and check in, and you can also gaze into the distance at the golden summit, which makes for excellent photo opportunities. Walk around to the golden summit and take some photos. At 1:55 pm, just in time for a 2 pm performance at the Tiangong Theater, with tickets priced at 88 yuan. If you're tired of walking, just go in and watch the performance, which lasts 30 minutes and is a sound and light dance performance, very graceful, and the seats are very close to the stage, offering a very direct and good experience, and it feels quite worth it. Then stroll around the golden summit, pay respects to various Queen Mothers, with official drone photography available for 80 yuan per session, which can be shared among several people. However, since there are too many people on the golden summit, the effect seems average, so I didn't participate. If you're interested, you can give it a try. Next, on the way down, you'll encounter a slide, with tickets costing 20 yuan, which can take you directly to the vicinity of the second cableway's upper station without walking, so I decisively went for it. The slide is quite thrilling, with a bit of a drifting sensation on the turns, quite fun, and I recommend trying it. Finally, take the second cableway to connect to the first cableway for the return trip, arriving at the parking lot to retrieve your car around 4 pm. This time, the main focus was on a 'no extra steps' approach for the elderly, weak, sick, and disabled, which is very relaxing. And if you don't watch the golden summit lighting up, you can avoid the crowds with the cable car riders and not queue much. Mount Laojun's scenic area is very friendly to the elderly, weak, sick, and disabled, and if you have a cute pet, you can also bring it along, as pets are allowed on the cable car. Along the way, I encountered several Golden Retrievers and German Shepherds, which were extremely cute. Mount Laojun is indeed worthy of its 5A scenic area rating, with many highlights, especially the distant mountains that resemble ink wash paintings, which are very enchanting. It turns out that ancient ink wash paintings were quite realistic.