Twelve days: everything in the ten-day trip — the resorts, guided freeride, ski touring, winter Ushguli, the snowshoe day — with two more days on the snow: a fourth guided freeride day and a third day on skins, set in before the guided farewell morning in Mestia. Nine mountain days in all, and none of them doing two jobs.
Two extra days sound small; on snow they are not. They are the difference between sampling the touring and getting somewhere on it, and between hoping for the deep day and being out when it comes. The price carries the guide, lift passes on lift days, the Kutaisi transfer both ways, our vehicles, and half board in Mestia. Six people, one guide, one car.
Classic or Signature
For skiers who want the deep trip: nine mountain days, with room for the weather to happen.
Day by day
Warm-up day on the Zuruldi ridge: short lifts, forest runs, the guide reads your level.
The big alpine mountain: long open runs to 3,160 m with views to Ushba and Tetnuldi.
Off-piste inside the Tetnuldi and Hatsvali zones. The guide picks the lines and watches avalanche safety.
Off-piste inside the Tetnuldi and Hatsvali zones. The guide picks the lines and watches avalanche safety.
Signature: Cat skiing, Tetnuldi Alpine — Pistenbully into high alpine terrain: 6-7 runs of 500-600 vertical metres. Snowcat 2000 EUR/day shared by 13 riders.
Off-piste inside the Tetnuldi and Hatsvali zones. The guide picks the lines and watches avalanche safety.
Jeep to the day's best snow, then 1,000-1,500 vertical metres of skinning. Transceivers included. No lift, no pass.
Jeep to the day's best snow, then 1,000-1,500 vertical metres of skinning. Transceivers included. No lift, no pass.
Signature: Heliskiing - one drop — One helicopter drop on an untouched face, then a guided descent. The highlight of the trip.
45 km of winter mountain road to the UNESCO towers under snow. Lamaria church, Svan food.
Forests, frozen meadows and Svan villages on snowshoes. A gentle day that suits any level.
Signature: Snowmobile day — Snowmobiles into the upper valleys where skis do not reach.
Off-piste inside the Tetnuldi and Hatsvali zones. The guide picks the lines and watches avalanche safety.
Jeep to the day's best snow, then 1,000-1,500 vertical metres of skinning. Transceivers included. No lift, no pass.
Svan towers and the museum with the guide before the transfer out.
What is included
- A local Svan guide with the group every day
- All travel inside Svaneti in our own vehicles
- Lift passes on the days you ride lifts
- Group transfer from Kutaisi airport and back
- A room in Mestia with breakfast and dinner
Not included
- Flights and travel insurance
- Lunch on the mountain
- A room to yourself (single supplement on request)
- Helicopter and snowcat, unless the programme names them
Your guides
Shako MargianiAthlete · IFMGA & GMGA certified
Lasha PirtskhelianiIFMGA & GMGA mountain guide
Galo JapharidzeAlpine ski racer & guide · GMGA certified
Dato GuledaniMountain guide · GMGA certifiedCertified local Svan guides. We guide in English, Georgian and Svan.
Dates are flexible — tell us yours and we build the departure around them. Solo travellers can join a group that is already forming.
Questions we hear before this trip
When does the season run?
From 20 December to the end of April. Dates inside that window are flexible.
How big is the group?
Six people, one guide, one car — the per-person price is built on that. A group larger than six is split by activity, and each sub-group is priced by its own rule.
Can a solo traveller join?
Yes — a single traveller can join a departure that is already forming.
How is this different from the ten-day trip?
It is the ten-day programme with two more days on the snow — a fourth guided freeride day and a third ski touring day — which brings it to nine mountain days. Nothing is removed to make room.
What is included, and what is not?
Included: the Svan guide each day, lift passes on the days you ride lifts, the group transfer from Kutaisi airport and back, all travel inside the region in our own vehicles, and a room in Mestia with breakfast and dinner. Not included: flights, insurance, lunch on the mountain, a room to yourself — and the helicopter and snowcat unless the programme names them.