Resorts - Svaneti

Hatsvali Resort

Location: 8 km from the centre of Mestia, on the slopes of Zuruldi.

Season: mid-December – mid-April.

Ski-lifts:
1. Mestia – Hatsvali: 10-passenger cabin (a little uphill along the road behind the Museum of History and Ethnography). Length: 1400 m, time of ascent: 5 minutes. Lower station altitude: 1428 meters, upper station altitude: 1898 meters.

2. Hatsvali – Zuruldi: 4-chair open Leitner. Length: 1400 meters, time of ascent: 13-15 minutes. Lower station altitude: 1800 meters, upper station altitude: 2340 meters.

3. 2 draglifts: to the green and the red pistes.

Work hours: Mestia – Hatsvali: 10:00 – 16:30 (weekdays), 10:00 – 17:30 (weekends). Hatsvali – Zuruldi: closes 30 minutes earlier. Occasionally, at weekends the pistes are illuminated for night skiing.

Infrastructure: Hatsvali: a ski-rental booth, a small hotel, a cafe and a public toilet. Zuruldi: panoramic restaurant Zuruldi with a fantastic view of Mt Ushba and the Great Caucasus Range.

Piste length
Green (beginners) – 700 m.
Blue (intermediate) – 2600 m.
Red (experienced skiers) – 1900 m.
Great opportunities for free-ride: no wind and good powder snow.

Tetnuldi Resort

Location: 15 km from the centre of Mestia, on the northern, western and south-western slopes of Mt Tetnuldi. Skiing zone: from 1600 to 3200 m above sea level. Total length of pistes: 7 km, all levels.

Season: December – June, best in February – May.

Ski-lifts (2018 season; more to be introduced)

1. Closed 6-chair POMA. Capacity: 3200 passengers per hour. Length: 2290 m, 1480 m.

2. Open 4- chair POMA continuing the 6-chair line up to 3200 m (700 m).

3. Open 4- chair POMA in the direction of Zhabeshi (1000 m).

Work hours: 10.00 – 16.00.

Infrastructure: a cafe and ski-rental at the lower ski-lift station.

Pistes (as of 2018; more to be built)
Blue pistes system (total length): 3 km
Red pistes system (total length): 1 km
Black pistes system (total length): 3 km