The Upper Svaneti region covers a part of the Greater Caucasus mountain range. Here there are several peaks over 4000m high. At 5201m Mt Shkhara is the highest mountain in Georgia. Mt Ushba has twin peaks, 4700m high. Mt Tetnuldi in the central part of the Greater Caucasus is the 10th highest peak in the Caucasus (4858m). A ski resort (2265m - 3165m of altitude) was opened in 2016 on the slopes of Mt Tetnuldi. Several glaciers are located above 3000m of altitude.
01 Svaneti mountains 02 Svaneti mountains 03 Svaneti mountains 04 Caucasus mountain range
05 Caucasus mountains 06 Caucasus mountain range 07 Mt Tetnuldi 08 Mt Ushba
09 Svaneti mountains 10 Mt Tetnuldi 11 Caucasus mountains
12 Snow covered mountain 13 Glacier 14 Snow covered mountains 15 Glacier
16 Svaneti mountains 17 Svaneti valley 18 Snow fields
19 Mt Shkhara 20 Mt Shkhara 21 Mt Shkhara
22 Mt Shkhara 23 Enguri valley 24 Svaneti valley
25 Caucasus mountains 26 Snow covered mountains
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