High Plateaus have a great significance as a sub‐village settlement and as well the economic activities in high plateaus have a crucial importance economically. In Turkey, physical geography conditions have significant effects on plateaus and high plateus activities. However, it is one of themost important subjects of economic, social, cultural features, human geography and related sciences. The high plateau activities in Anatolia, which have hundreds of years of history, and in recentyears they have become more and more popular with tourism and husbandry. However, there arealso cultural dimensions that have been sustained since the past, and nowadays, facing the dangerof extinction. In this research "Otçu Göçü" tradition which is one of the forgotten cultural aspectsof the high plateau activities is examined. “Otçu Göçü” and Otçu festivals are important culturalactivities, which are hosted by many rituals and taken seriously by local people. Kadırga Otçu Festival, which is the biggest high plateau organization of the Black Sea Region, is one of them. Unfortunately, the cultural distortion and corruption seen in each area is also seen here, and “Otçu Göçü”high plateau festivals are gradually getting away from its essence. If necessary precautions are nottaken, such an important cultural heritage will face the danger of extinction. In this study, the geographical conditions that led to “Otçu Göçü” were discussed, and then the traditional KadırgaOtçu Festival was evaluated in the context of the Intangible Cultural Heritage and the necessarythings to be done in order to be able to continue its cultural existence.