Bike down the Tuu-Ashuu pass (3586m)
Submitted by lostnomads on Fri, 2005-03-11 17:44.Bishkek-Osh highway
DURATION: 1 day
TOTAL DISTANCE: 260 km
BIKING ROUTE: 60 km
SEASON: summertime
The tour group will be transported to the start of the biking trail by bus.
The group will be biking down the Tiu Ashuu pass (3,586 m). The gorge slopes drop nearly 1,000 m from the top of the pass to the buttom of the valley. The pass is located 130 km to the west of Kyrgyz capital - Bishkek. The country’s major motorway runs thru this pass. This thread of road asphalt connects the south and the north of Kyrgyzstan - the settled cultures of the Ferghana valley and the nomads of Northern Tien-Shan, following the medieval trails of the Great Silk Road. The highway went thru a capital rehabilitation project and is now maintained in an excellent condition.
