SvanAlp Mountain Guide Svaneti and Kazbek.

05/05/2025

A MIRACULOUS TRANSFORMATION 💛
Butter cups pop up where snow has melted just a couple of days earlier.
Mt.Layla (4010m) looms in the background.

02/04/2025

LAST SUMMER
Andrew proposed to his girlfriend Karina on the top of North Layla. What a special summit day!

25/03/2025

LATROLDASH (3370m)
is the best one-day climb around Mestia with magnificent views and grade 1 scrambling along its west ridge. Book this climb with SvanAlp in summer to have an exciting mountain experience in Svaneti 😎

19/03/2025

I THOGHT I KNEW
all the iconic climbers of 20th century but that small research proved me wrong! I have read books by Bonnington, Tilman, Bonatti, Shipton, Buhl among others, yet there was a rather eccentric climber who was totally unknown to me 🤔
Reading about the history of climbs on forbidding Mt.Waddington I was impressed by accomplishment of two boys (brothers Fred and Helmy Beckeys, only 16 and 19 years old) who scaled it in 1942. Who were they?
Digging deeper I found this extraordinary documentary about Fred Beckey.
Highly recommended to anyone who is in love with mountains!

Fred Beckey is the the American 'Dirtbag' mountaineer whose name is spoken in hushed tones around campfires. Discover the rebel climber's pioneering ascents and lifestyle behind his inspiring legacy.

12/03/2025

Yesterday, while driving from Tbilisi to Mestia and approaching Samtredia, I accidentally looked north and... an icy rampart of Svaneti peaks was rising above the lower ranges of Western Georgia!
From left to right: Tetnuldi (4858m), Dzhangi (5058m), Shkhara (5193m)

05/11/2024

UNEXPECTED SNOW
so early in November is quite extraordinary...
Nights are freezing and it feels like winter 🥶

09/09/2024

THIS SEASON
I am more busy than usual and availability is limited. There still an opportunity to book hiking trips with me in October.
Even if you have visited Svaneti in summer, you won't regret coming again in autumn. October here is beyond any description!

29/08/2024

Don't miss this rare opportunity!
The person who is waiting for rope mate (or mates) to join is totally up to task 💪

23/08/2024

FOR HENDRIK
(Norway) it was the first time ever climbing above 4000 meters 👍

09/08/2024

JOIN ME
this autumn 🍂 for some memorable treks to undiscovered corners of Svaneti

07/08/2024

LATE AFTERNOON
and we were returning from Layla to the Base camp

08/07/2024

30 METERS
of slash-covered ice on Mt.Layla.
We had perfect conditions and made it to the top relatively early.
Kudos to Carina and Andrew