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

85
45
Artificial snow cover 4 cm
yesterday
clear part cloud cloud cloud clear
Mid station 2277 m
0m 950m 650m 1050m 850m

(1800m — 2390m)

snow report yesterday

90
55
Packed powder and groomed snow 6 cm
yesterday
clear part cloud cloud cloud clear
Mid station 2095 m
0m 900m 650m 850m 650m

(1998m — 3267m)

snow report yesterday

107
50
Artificial snow cover 4 cm
2 days ago
clear part cloud cloud cloud clear
Mid station 2632 m
750m 1000m 600m 1050m 750m

(1800m — 2350m)

snow report yesterday

85
45
Artificial snow cover 22 cm
2 days ago
1.0
clear part cloud cloud light snow clear
Mid station 2075 m
300m 1150m 1050m 850m 650m

(2265m — 3160m)

snow report yesterday

85
45
Artificial snow cover 22 cm
2 days ago
1.0
clear part cloud cloud light snow part cloud
Mid station 2712 m
900m 1600m 1350m 900m 750m