980519-22 - Kazbek Summit via Gergeti glacier
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 13.84 mi
- Elevation gain
- 11,014 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Difficult
- Elevation loss
- 233 ft
- Max elevation
- 16,478 ft
- TrailRank
-
88
5
- Min elevation
- 5,753 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Coordinates
- 3833
- Uploaded
- August 18, 2019
- Recorded
- August 2019
near Step’antsminda, Mtskheta-Mtianeti (Georgia)
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Itinerary description
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Be careful about the Gergeti glacier, there may be lots of cracks and grooves and also in the way peak there many be lots of snow traps.
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The route is really wonderful ! you have a view of the peak all the way up and down except some part of the route. Walking on the ice is really challenging and fun :)
Look at the waypoints' descriptions.
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----- Timing of the program -----
980518 (August 9, 2019);
10:30 Kazbek village
11:45 Parking, changing the van
6:20 PM, Camp 2 (Bethlemi Hut)
980519 (August 10, 2019);
Staying at the camp, complementary training programs
980520 (August 11, 2019);
Staying one day more because of bad weather condition early in the morning
It was rainy and windy all the midnight.
Also a 2 hours trip to the near church at 3900m
Getting more familiar with the ambient.
980521 (August 12, 2019);
2:00 to the peak via Gergeti glacier
11:50 The summit
980522 (August 13, 2019);
12:00PM back down
8:00PM Parking
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**The finishing 100 meter to the peak was a little difficult and technical.
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By Safa Daneshvar
+989125212388
safa.daneshvar@gmail.com
Instagram @ safadan
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Waypoints
Wilderness hut
Campsite
12,066 ft
Camp-2
09-AUG-19 8:08:00PM .............................................. Bethlemi Hut ბეთლემის ქოხი .............................................. There is a water source (freezing cold, snow melted water), bedrooms and restaurant. Breakfast: 65 GEL Lunch: 48 GEL Lunch box (to take for climbing to the peak): 48 GEL Dinner: 65 GEL .............................................. The price to erect a tent (for all the time you stay) is 20 GEL !! .............................................. So many places to erect your tent are available around the shelter. WC: You better use in natural mode around the camp. It's nice to meet a variety of nationalities and talk to them about the same goal we all have, and about their cultures and languages, I think it's one of the best things you deal with in a climbing program outside of your country. We met groups of Poland, Turkey, Germany, Georgia, Israel, etc.
Waypoint
10,712 ft
Put on the crampons
09-AUG-19 5:56:32PM ............................................. **** Be careful about the Gergeti glacier, there may be lots of cracks and grooves and also in the way peak there many be lots of snow traps. .............................................
Summit
Provisioning
Car park
5,706 ft
Parking-1
09-AUG-19 11:14:25AM ............................................... It's near the Kazbek Village
Religious site
7,046 ft
Parking-2 (Gergeti Trinity Church)
09-AUG-19 11:51:14AM ................................................... Gergeti Trinity Church გერგეტის სამების ტაძარი ................................................... You can buy some souvenirs in the church, like bracelets and candles...
Fountain
9,864 ft
Spring
09-AUG-19 4:42:55PM ................................................... It's fresh water not snow water
Religious site
9,658 ft
The Cross
09-AUG-19 3:39:39PM ........................................... A stone made benchmark like a little church. Very scenic, you have a full view of south front of the Kazbek summit and around. Very nice place to stay and rest. Bikers and people with pets also were passing through this route easily. It's a normal comfort way for hiking up to here.
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@Sane Parandan
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ممنون بابت گزارش مفیدتون
Wow... I would want to go to the peak this summer! Yesterday i started from the church to make a walk, and finally I get almost to camp 1. This mountain is the most beautiful i've ever seen...
Thank you for your comments !