Hundreds of tourists trapped on Chinese mountain after strong winds stop cable car operations

More than 400 tourists were trapped on Huashan, a popular mountain scenic spot about 1,000km southwest of Beijing, after gale force winds stopped operation of the west cableway on Monday night.

The verified Weibo account of Huashan’s management office said operation of the west cableway was suspended on Monday because of gale force winds, Thepaper.cn reported.

The account said tourists were encouraged to walk to the east cableway and offered hot water, ginger soup and additional warm clothing.

An employee from the Huashan management office said staff persuaded some tourists to walk down the mountain or to take the north cableway, and those who were stranded were mostly elderly or people who could not walk well.