Three days with a simple logic: two resort days to find your legs — Hatsvali first, where the guide reads your level on forest runs, then Tetnuldi's long open runs to 3,160 m — and a guided freeride day once you have them. On the third day the guide picks the lines inside the Tetnuldi and Hatsvali zones and watches avalanche safety; your job is to ski.
Everything a short winter trip needs is inside the price: the Svan guide each day, lift passes on the days you ride lifts, the group transfer from Kutaisi airport and back, our own vehicles inside the region, and a room in Mestia with breakfast and dinner. Groups are six people with one guide and one car — that is the per-person arithmetic.
Classic or Signature
For skiers who want their first Caucasus freeride day with the warm-up honestly built in.
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.
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.
Signature: Heliskiing - one drop — One helicopter drop on an untouched face, then a guided descent. The highlight of the trip.
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 winter season run?
From 20 December to the end of April. Dates inside that window are flexible.
What is the group size?
Six people, one guide, one car — the per-person price is built on that. Larger parties are split by activity, each sub-group priced by its own rule.
Can a solo skier join?
Yes — a single traveller can join a departure that is already forming.
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.
Do I need freeride experience?
The two resort days come first so the guide can read your level before anything off-piste. On the freeride day the guide picks the lines and watches avalanche safety — you are never choosing terrain alone.