Tours through Tossor Pass.

“A snowstorm met us at the pass. Large damp snowflakes covered the entire summit zone of the ridge, the path disappeared, nothing was visible because of the snow curtain. The horses themselves found the road by scent, and people followed them on foot. In the very first days we were convinced that traveling through wild and steep gorges, at the bottom or slopes of which an uneven and narrow path nestles, is not an easy matter, requiring great caution, dexterity and considerable expenditure of energy. An accident that happened to one of the best pack horses showed what danger is concealed in the rocky narrow paths winding along the slopes of the mountain gorge. The caravan, stretching for several hundred meters, climbed to the pass.”

"Years of Searching in Asia." E.M. Murzaev. 1973.

Trip through Tossor Pass to Uchemchek Valley.

High-mountain Tossor Pass, 3893 meters above sea level, is located in main ridge of Terskey Ala-Too Range, in upper reaches of river of same name, on territory of Ton and Jety-Oguz districts of Issyk-Kul region. 
The pass is a watershed of the rivers of the Issyk-Kul and Naryn lake basins. The sources of the eponymous river, 28.5 kilometers long, begin on the northern side of the Tossor Pass. It flows into the small Tossor Bay on the southern coast of Lake Issyk-Kul.
A small stream flows from the southern side of the pass, which flows from the right into the Dzhel-Tor River, 9 kilometers long, which is a right tributary of the Uchemchek River (Ashulu-Debe). On the north-eastern side of the pass there is a nearby, nameless peak 4275 meters above sea level.
On the north-eastern slope of the peak is the Tossor glacier. On the western side of the pass there is a nearby, nameless, dominant peak 4292 meters above sea level, here is also located a group of Tossor glaciers. The northern and southern slopes of the pass are gentle.
The southern slope of the pass passes into the Uchkel Valley located between the southern slopes of the Terskey Ala-Too ridge and the northern slopes of the Uchemchek ridge. A road runs through the pass, which leads from the southern shore of Lake Issyk-Kul to the Naryn region, to the city of Naryn, to the waterfall "Toguz-Bulak Yuzhny", which is located on the southern slope of the Terskey Ala-Too ridge on the right tributary 230 meters before the mouth, to the hot springs of Dzhily-Su, which are located on the left bank of the Uchemchek River, to the valley of the Naryn River.
The road through the Tossor Pass is accessible from July 10 to mid-October.
Geographical coordinates of Tossor Pass: N41°56'50 E77°22'03

Authority and photos by:
Alexander Petrov.