Ski de randonnée en Svanétie : organiser sa semaine depuis Mestia
Organisez votre ski de randonnée en Svanétie depuis Mestia : domaines, vallées, maisons d'hôtes, accès hivernaux et place d'une éventuelle étape à Ushguli.
The Svaneti journal
Organisez votre ski de randonnée en Svanétie depuis Mestia : domaines, vallées, maisons d'hôtes, accès hivernaux et place d'une éventuelle étape à Ushguli.
Plan ski touring in Georgia: compare bases, seasons, experience levels, equipment and travel arrangements for a guided Caucasus mountain trip.
Plan ski touring in Svaneti from Mestia: understand the ski areas, surrounding valleys, guesthouses, winter access and the rhythm of a flexible mountain week.
Considering heliskiing in Georgia? Understand experience requirements, weather limits, pricing structures and the operator questions to ask before committing.
Plan freeriding in Georgia: compare Gudauri with Mestia, Tetnuldi and Hatsvali, assess your skiing level and clarify guiding, lift access and transport.
Skitouren in Georgien planen: Mestia und Gudauri einordnen, Können und Kondition einschätzen sowie Ausrüstung, Transfers und Reisekosten sinnvoll abstimmen.

Flowering slopes and white glaciers. Day walks, a comfortable place to stay in town and the flavours of Georgian restaurants. Was that enough for a wonderful holiday? Irena and I decided to find out on the sunny side of the Caucasus.

Svaneti is more than a destination. It can leave you tired, humbled and strangely renewed. This is my story of walking from Mestia towards Ushguli: familiar faces far from home, mountain weather, glacier water and evenings that could never fit into an itinerary.

Svaneti was my doorway into ski touring. I arrived full of doubts and left with a new passion: moving uphill on skis, finding a rhythm in the snow and making my first mountain descents in the Caucasus. This is the story of that first week.