Magadan Oblast is impressively remote and it is definitely advisable to fly to Magadan, likely from Moscow or much closer Khabarovsk and Vladivostok.
There is no railroad connecting to Magadan Oblast and there is only one road, the Kolyma Highway, leading from the west, from Yakutsk. This road dirt or gravel for most of its length, is just over 2025km long and crosses 3 mountain ranges. As of 2008, the all-season connection from Kyubyume to Ust-Nera was completed, meaning that the road is now technically passable by 2 wheel drive cars, though few would then be capable of the return trip. When the ice breaks during April and freezes during September river crossings at Yakutsk and Khandyga are only available by helicopter. With the exception of a few mining towns, long sections of the road are uninhabited, and most towns have no police presence. In particular, the 500km section between Yagodnoye and the outlying settlements of Magadan is home to fewer than 4000 people.
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