Ski Georgia

Georgia, which has been independent since 1991 and has an illustrious history stretching back for millennia before the Soviet empire has a handful of ski areas in the Caucasus – so you can easily ski Georgia. Some of these Georgia ski resorts were developed during Russian rule in the last century, others are very modern with a lot of potential for future growth, the Georgian government believes. As well as a reputation for good powder, some of the ski areas are on the same latitude as southern Italy meaning the climate is quite gentle.

Georgia ski areas include Gudauri which is in the former category, as it was developed as a luxury destination for the Soviet elite.

It is now rather dated and was touted by a British tour operator as a destination in the early 1990s but nothing came of that. It has however built a reputation as a low cost heli-ski destination with descents of around 1000 vertical metres possible from 4000m landing points.

Mestia, at the other extreme, is a brand new resort on which more than $150 million (US) was lavished in 2010-2011 with Austrian designers, modern lifts and infrastructure.
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Georgia: latest snow conditions round-up

Summary of forecast snowfall and ski conditions for resorts in Georgia. Fresh snow is forecast at 3 resorts. Powder is reported at 0 resorts and 0 are reporting good piste conditions.

Recent Eyeball Snow Reports for Georgia

All resorts

Ski resorts of Georgia, alphabetically

Resort
snow depth
top and bottom

on-piste

off-piste

Last Snow

Next 9 Days
0–3 | 3–6 | 6–9
snow (cm)
Next 5 days weather forecast.
Freezing level (m)
Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

(1852m — 2702m)

snow report yesterday

140
60
Packed powder and groomed snow 1.0 cm
yesterday
9.0
10.0
9.0
light snow light snow light snow light snow part cloud
Mid station 2277 m
1650m 1450m 1050m 1500m 850m

(1800m — 2390m)

snow report yesterday

185
80
Packed powder and groomed snow 2.0 cm
2 days ago
8.0
18.0
8.0
light snow light snow light snow mod snow snow showers
Mid station 2095 m
1650m 1350m 1050m 1250m 650m

(1998m — 3267m)

snow report yesterday

130
60
Packed powder and groomed snow 3.0 cm
yesterday
11.0
23.0
13.0
light snow light snow light snow light snow light snow
Mid station 2632 m
1850m 1450m 1300m 1300m 1200m

(1800m — 2350m)

snow report yesterday

130
60
Packed powder and groomed snow 2.0 cm
2 days ago
7.0
8.0
7.0
light snow light snow snow showers light snow light snow
Mid station 2075 m
1750m 1500m 900m 1150m 1050m

(2265m — 3160m)

snow report yesterday

130
60
Packed powder and groomed snow 2.0 cm
2 days ago
11.0
11.0
13.0
light snow light snow light snow light snow light snow
Mid station 2712 m
1700m 1400m 1100m 1350m 1200m