Kazbegi – Gergeti Trinity & Glacier

About this trip

The classic Georgian view, walked rather than photographed from a car. On the first afternoon you climb from Stepantsminda to Gergeti Trinity church at 2,170 m with Mount Kazbek behind it. On the second day you keep going up the Chkheri valley toward the moraine below the Gergeti glacier, an unmarked path on loose ground with one of the closest views of Kazbek you can get without crampons.

Where we go

1. Day 1
   Tbilisi → Stepantsminda → Gergeti Trinity

   Drive the Georgian Military Road with stops at Ananuri fortress and the Friendship monument viewpoint at the Jvari pass. After checking in, walk up to Gergeti Trinity church for the evening light on Kazbek. Night in a Stepantsminda guesthouse.

2. Day 2
   Gergeti glacier moraine → Tbilisi

   Early start past the church and on up toward the moraine below the Gergeti glacier, about 6 to 7 hours there and back. A late lunch in Stepantsminda, then the drive to Tbilisi.

What's included