The Road To Otmok Pass Has It All
Pereval Otmek is a high mountain pass at an elevation of 3.331m (10,928ft) above the sea level, located in the Jayyl District of Chuy Region of Kyrgyzstan.
Set high in the northwestern part of the country, the road to the summit is paved in pretty bad conditions due the weather. Expect a road pretty steep. Do not travel this road in severe weather conditions. Access to the pass is typically open all year round, with the occasional closure in winters due to dangerous weather conditions. The road is heavily used by trucks.
The pass road is 89.4 km (55.55 miles) long, running from Taldy-Bulak, a village in the Talas Region to the A367 road, north of Suusamyr, a village in the southern part of the Jayyl District of Chuy Region. At the summit there is a parking lot.