What's on in Kazbegi, Georgia through the year

Busy — Winter / New Year break in Georgia, school holidays in 6 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in January.

Still on: Military Highway closures (1 Dec – 15 Apr (usually))

Quiet — school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: Military Highway closures (1 Dec – 15 Apr (usually))

Busy — Spring break in Georgia, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in March.

Still on: Military Highway closures (1 Dec – 15 Apr (usually))

Busy — Orthodox Easter, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

• Holiday

  Orthodox Easter

  10–13 AprEaster & Holy WeekClosures

  Good Friday to Easter Monday are public holidays. Churches overflow for the candlelit midnight service on Holy Saturday, red-dyed eggs and paska cakes appear on every table, and offices and many shops close while families travel home. Source ↗

Still on: Military Highway closures (1 Dec – 15 Apr (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in May.

Still on: Orthodox Easter (10–13 Apr)

Peak crowds — Tbilisi day-trip season, Summer holidays in Georgia

• Season

  Tbilisi day-trip season

  1 Jun – 30 SepDay-tripper crushCrowded

  Minibuses and tour cars come up from Tbilisi for the day and the church car park is full from eleven to four. Staying the night is the whole difference: the light before and after is the reason to come.

• Season

  Trekking season

  10 Jun – 10 Oct · usuallyTrail season

  The walk up to Gergeti Trinity works most of the year, but the passes beyond it and the Chaukhi crossing to Juta only clear the snow in June and go again in October.

• Nature

  Meadows in flower

  15 Jun – 31 Jul · usuallyWildflowers & blooms

  The slopes under Kazbek and the Truso valley flower for about six weeks after the melt, which is also when the cloud sits on the mountain most reliably. You may not see the summit at all.

Peak crowds — Tbilisi day-trip season, Summer holidays in Georgia

Nothing new starts in July.

Still on: Tbilisi day-trip season (1 Jun – 30 Sep), Trekking season (10 Jun – 10 Oct (usually)), Meadows in flower (15 Jun – 31 Jul (usually))

Peak crowds — Tbilisi day-trip season, Summer holidays in Georgia

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: Tbilisi day-trip season (1 Jun – 30 Sep), Trekking season (10 Jun – 10 Oct (usually))

Peak crowds — Tbilisi day-trip season, Summer holidays in Georgia

• Nature

  Autumn in the valley

  25 Sep – 31 Oct · usuallyAutumn colour

  The birch and rowan below the treeline turn through October and the first snow usually caps Kazbek before the leaves are down. It is the clearest month for seeing the mountain at all.

Still on: Tbilisi day-trip season (1 Jun – 30 Sep), Trekking season (10 Jun – 10 Oct (usually))

Busy — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, one of its best months for weather

Nothing new starts in October.

Still on: Trekking season (10 Jun – 10 Oct (usually)), Autumn in the valley (25 Sep – 31 Oct (usually))

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in November.

Busy — Winter / New Year break in Georgia, school holidays in 5 of the markets that fill it

• Closure

  Military Highway closures

  1 Dec – 15 Apr · usuallyRisk

  The only road from Tbilisi crosses the Jvari Pass, and avalanche control shuts it without much notice through the winter. Getting stuck on the wrong side of it for a day or two is routine here. Source ↗