Hover a bar to see what goes into it. Scores sit on a bell curve. 6.5 is a normal good resort and 8 or more is unusual. Method.
Key facts
Altitude
1990–3279 m
Vertical drop
1,289 m
Pistes advertised
70 km
Pistes mapped on OSM
40.6 km
Lifts (mapped near village)
12 · 75% gondola/4+ chair
Day pass
GEL 70
Passes
none
Avg snowfall (mid)
3.7 m / season
Nearest airport
TBS · 120 min
Brochure vs map. Gudauri advertises 70 km. OpenStreetMap volunteers have mapped 40.6 km of piste centrelines.
The brochure is 72% longer than the map. Resorts often measure the widest line down a slope or count ski routes and linked areas.
Snow & weather updated 1 h ago
Fresh 24 h
3 cm
Fresh 72 h
3 cm
Next 7 days
17 cm
Snow depth top (model)
37 cm
Now at 3129 m
🌨️ 0°
Now at 1990 m
6°
Gusts at top
27 km/h
Freezing level
3,060 m
8-day forecast (summit)
Today
🌨️
4 cm
-1° / 0°
💨 34
Fri
🌨️
7 cm
-2° / -1°
💨 39
Sat
🌫️
·
-2° / 1°
💨 23
Sun
🌨️
1 cm
-1° / 1°
💨 17
Mon
☁️
·
-2° / 0°
💨 24
Tue
☁️
·
-3° / 2°
💨 29
Wed
🌨️
1 cm
-2° / 2°
💨 61
Thu
🌨️
6 cm
-11° / -1°
💨 71
Open-Meteo forecast downscaled to 3129 m (summit) and 1990 m (base). Rain line ≈ freezing level minus 300 m.
The last three winters at 2635 m
Avg snowfall / season
3.7 m
Powder days (15 cm+)
5
Snowy days
58
Avg temp at base
-3.4°
Average snowfall by month · best: Mar
Nov
43
Dec
50
Jan
34
Feb
76
Mar
86
Apr
85
By season: 2022/23: 3.9 m · 8 powder days2023/24: 4.0 m · 4 powder days2024/25: 3.4 m · 4 powder days
When to go
Month
Avg snowfall
Tuesday 11:00
Saturday 11:00
Dec
50 cm
~0.6 min
~1 min
Jan
34 cm
~1.1 min
~1.7 min
Feb
76 cm
~2 min
~3.1 min
Mar
86 cm
~1.3 min
~2.2 min
SWEET SPOT
Snowfall from three past winters, waits from the queue model (average across lifts, mid-month, holidays included where they fall).
Lift queues
Closed until Dec 13. Here's a normal February Saturday at 10:00:
SIMULATION
Average wait ~3 min, worst 5 min.
Weekend: locals are outFebruary school holidays across Europe
Simulate:
🪑 Shino
Chairlift · 6-seater · 2,326 m
5 minpredicted
🪑 Soliko
Chairlift · 6-seater · 2,266 m
4 minpredicted
🪑 Kikilo
Chairlift · 6-seater · 1,293 m · bubble
4 minpredicted
⤴️ Zuma
Button lift · 297 m
3 minpredicted
🪑 Sadzele
Chairlift · 4-seater · 1,417 m
3 minpredicted
🚠 Goodaura
Gondola · 10-seater · 2,800 p/h · 2,367 m
2 minpredicted
🪑 New Goodaura
Chairlift · 6-seater · 1,234 m · bubble
2 minpredicted
🪑 Pirveli
Chairlift · 6-seater · 987 m
2 minpredicted
🪑 Kudebi
Chairlift · 6-seater · 1,257 m
2 minpredicted
🪑 Snow Park
Chairlift · 3-seater · 839 m
2 minpredicted
🪑 Khada
Chairlift · 3-seater · 565 m
2 minpredicted
🚠 Firni
Gondola · 10-seater · 2,800 p/h · 2,007 m
2 minpredicted
Typical week (February, since the resort is closed now)
9h
10h
11h
12h
13h
14h
15h
16h
Mon 15
Tue 16
Wed 17
Thu 18
Fri 19
Sat 20
Sun 21
Average predicted wait across lifts. ■ <2 min ■ 4-7 min ■ 11+ min. Hover a day to see why.
How we guess. The model starts from the resort's usual crowd level and adjusts for school holidays (French zones, UK half-term, Presidents' Day, Lunar New Year), weekends, time of day, lift capacity from OpenStreetMap, powder days and summit wind. When skiers on the hill tap a wait time, their reports replace the guess for 45 minutes and the lift shows LIVE.
Map
· Drag to tilt. Tap the map to drop a 📍 and the hotels re-sort by distance to it, handy for ski school or a friend's chalet.
Where to sleep 55 places mapped · 4 ski-in/ski-out
Ski access score: 9.5 means ski-in/ski-out (a piste within 70 m and a lift within 600 m). Each minute of walking to the nearest lift costs about half a point. Distances are straight lines on OpenStreetMap, so add about 30% for the walk.
Pistes
Beginner
3 km · 7%
Easy (blue / green)
29 km · 71%
Intermediate (red / blue)
7.7 km · 19%
Advanced (black)
0.9 km · 2%
Longest named runs
Tatra 1
3.2 km
Kobi
2.9 km
Soliko 1
2.8 km
Goodaura 1
2.7 km
Sadzele 3
2.5 km
Kudebi 1
2.5 km
Sadzele 1
2.4 km
Goodaura 2
2.3 km
Après & food
Bars & pubs
4
Clubs
0
Restaurants
22
Mountain huts
0
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Gudauri is a ski resort in Georgia, located on the south-facing plateau of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range. The resort is situated in the Kazbegi Municipality, along the Georgian Military Highway near the Jvari Pass, at an elevation of 2,200 meters (7,200 ft.) above sea level. Wikipedia