Seven days built around five days of guided ski touring in the Kazbegi region, based out of Stepantsminda beneath Mount Kazbek. The days build in steps — warm-up runs on moderate terrain, then deeper into wide valleys and quiet bowls, then alpine ridgelines with direct views of Kazbek. Partway through, you skin up to a high mountain hut above 3,000 meters for an overnight that's become a genuine highlight of the trip, with a free afternoon to explore the terrain above it. Your guides adapt the route daily based on conditions and group ability. There's also a cultural stop at the Gergeti Trinity Church, and evenings back at a 4-star design hotel with a pool and sauna to recover in.
Fly into Tbilisi International Airport, where your guide meets you for the transfer to Stepantsminda, around two and a half hours by road. After checking in, there’s an evening briefing to run through the week ahead, a kit check to make sure everything’s in order for touring, and a welcome dinner to close out the day.
Meals: Dinner
Accommodation: Rooms Hotel Kazbegi
Your first day on snow starts close to Stepantsminda, on moderate terrain built to find your rhythm—open slopes and wide valley runs. Your guides use the day to assess conditions and how the group is moving, setting the pace for what’s ahead.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation: Rooms Hotel Kazbegi
Elevation: +600–900 m (+1,970–2,950 ft)
The day steps up, moving deeper into the wide valleys and quiet bowls around the resort. It’s a longer day with more vertical and a bit more commitment than the day before, building toward the alpine terrain still to come.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation: Rooms Hotel Kazbegi
Elevation: +900–1,200 m (+2,950–3,940 ft)
Another step up. Your guides pick the day’s objective based on conditions and how the group’s handling the terrain so far, aiming for moderate ridgelines and open alpine faces with Kazbek in full view the whole way.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation: Rooms Hotel Kazbegi
Elevation: +900–1,300 m (+2,950–4,270 ft)
You skin up into the high alpine today, ending at a mountain hut above 3,000 meters, your home for the night. The afternoon is free to explore the terrain right around the hut, and this overnight tends to become the trip’s standout moment.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation: Deka Alpine Hut (3,000 m / 9,845 ft)
From the hut, you push toward Kazbek’s lower flanks for the biggest day of the trip, long ascents, big descents, and real altitude underfoot. By evening, you’re back down in Stepantsminda for a final night at the hotel.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation: Rooms Hotel Kazbegi
Elevation: +600–1,000 m (+1,970–3,280 ft)
The morning is free—an optional walk to the Gergeti Trinity Church, or one last lap of local terrain if you’re not ready to stop. Afterward, it’s a transfer back to Tbilisi Airport.
Meals: Breakfast
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Ski touring here in the Caucasus is real physical work. Expect around 6 active hours a day of skinning and skiing, several days in a row, with terrain that steps up as the week goes on—from moderate warm-up runs to alpine ridgelines.
The terrain rewards intermediate and expert ski tourers: flowing alpine lines, moderate couloirs, and high-altitude objectives, with the remoteness adding real weight to the days out. Your guides adapt the route daily based on conditions and how the group’s doing, but a solid baseline of touring fitness and experience is what separates a hard day from a great one.
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There’s a bit more to it than the skiing. Kazbegi keeps the texture of an old Caucasus crossroads—traditional mountain villages, hearty local food, and a culture that doesn’t bend to the tourist trail.
On the final morning, there’s an optional stop at the Gergeti Trinity Church, one of Georgia’s most recognizable landmarks, perched above Stepantsminda with Kazbek behind it. Meals lean into traditional Georgian cooking throughout—khinkali, khachapuri, and hearty mountain fare back at the hotel—while the overnight at the high mountain hut on Day 5 is as much a cultural experience as a physical one, a taste of how climbers and skiers have used these mountains for generations. And your local guides, who know the range as well as its history, are with you the whole way.
Ski equipment and avalanche safety gear are required for this Kazbegi ski touring adventure. If you don’t have your own, leave us a note at checkout so rental gear can be arranged:
Here’s a list of the equipment you need to bring:
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Group sizes and pricing
Kazbegi ski touring adventures can be arranged for larger groups. Contact us to make arrangements.
Min. age requirements
If your group has participants under the age of 18, contact us prior to booking to make arrangements.
The price for this Kazbegi ski touring adventure is based on twin-share rooms, but a single occupancy room can be arranged at an additional fee. You can add it to your booking at checkout.
The starting point of your Kazbegi ski touring trip is Tbilisi International Airport (TBS). You’ll meet your guide there for pickup on Day 1, before the roughly two-and-a-half-hour transfer to Stepantsminda (included in the price).
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