Didveli is the main modern ski zone of Bakuriani, Georgia's historic family resort in the wooded Trialeti Range of Samtskhe-Javakheti. Sheltered, gently pitched and served by a gondola with night skiing, it is a relaxed, great-value mountain built around beginners, children and easy-going intermediates.
- 1,852 m Base
- 2,677 m Top lift
- 825 m Vertical
- 8 Pistes mapped
- 7 Lifts
Best known for
Après & vibe
Après is easy and family-flavoured, spread through the old resort town of Bakuriani with its cafés, cellar restaurants and cosy guesthouses, rather than concentrated in a slope-side bar scene.
The resort
Didveli is the principal ski area of Bakuriani, a spa and ski town that Georgians have holidayed in for well over a century, set in the sheltered pine forests of the Trialeti Range. A modern gondola carries skiers from the base up towards the ridge, opening a spread of gently to moderately pitched runs that thread through the woods. Compared with high, exposed Gudauri, Didveli is lower, more sheltered and far gentler, which is exactly its appeal for families and improvers. The town below is a proper resort with a long history, narrow-gauge railway heritage and plenty of accommodation. Night skiing and an alpine coaster round out an atmosphere that is more genial holiday village than serious mountain.
Go for confidence-building, forgiving skiing in a sheltered, scenic forest setting, with a real town at its foot and prices that undercut the Alps handsomely. It is ideal for families, beginners and cautious intermediates, and for anyone who wants a relaxed Georgian ski holiday rather than big-mountain adventure.
The season is gentle and sociable, the tree-lined slopes offering shelter and good visibility when higher, open resorts are wind-bound. Snow cover through the core of winter is dependable at this altitude, and snowmaking supports the busy holiday weeks. Conditions stay soft and manageable rather than fierce.
Snow & weather
Live conditions from the mountain, plus the average snow you can expect month by month.
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Cover is generally reliable through the heart of winter thanks to the altitude and cold continental climate, with snowmaking backing up the main runs; being lower than the high Caucasus resorts, it is more weather-sensitive in the shoulder months.
Average monthly snowfall
Snowfall climatology unavailable.
Terrain & aspect
- Novice
- Easy
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Slopes mostly face N — 98% on snow-holding, poleward-facing slopes.
Aspect derived from run bearings · OpenSkiStats / © OpenStreetMap (ODbL).
Skiing & terrain
Broad, gentle nursery slopes and easy greens make Didveli one of Georgia's most welcoming places to learn.
Cruisy, tree-lined blues and reds from the gondola give intermediates relaxed, sheltered mileage.
Steeper pitches exist but are limited; strong skiers will find the challenge modest.
There is little dedicated expert or lift-served off-piste terrain, so experts are better suited to Gudauri or Svaneti.
The Didveli gondola
A modern enclosed gondola links the base with the mid-mountain and ridge, giving comfortable, weather-protected access to the top of the ski zone. It is the backbone of the resort and a scenic ride in its own right over the forested Trialeti slopes.
Night skiing under the lights
Didveli's illuminated pistes stay open into the evening, a popular fixture that lets families and improvers add extra runs after dark. Floodlit skiing through the pines gives the resort a festive, holiday-town glow.
Bakuriani town and its narrow-gauge railway
The base town of Bakuriani is a century-old resort reached historically by the beloved narrow-gauge 'Kukushka' railway that climbs from Borjomi through the forest. Staying here blends skiing with the charm of an old Georgian mountain spa town.
On the map
Legend
Run difficulty
- Novice
- Easy
- Intermediate
- Advanced / Expert
- Freeride / Extreme
- Unknown
Run types
- Downhill — groomed
- Downhill — ungroomed
- Downhill — gladed
- Nordic (groomed)
- Ski tour
- ☾Lit (night)
- △Not patrolled
- →One-way
- ❄Snowmaking
Lifts
- Operating
- Operating (private)
- Non-operating
- Lift station
Slope-gradient grading
Downhill / ski tour
- Flat<3°
- Easy3–14°
- Intermediate14–22°
- Advanced / Expert22–45°
- Freeride / Extreme>45°
Nordic
- Easy<6°
- Intermediate6–9°
- Advanced>9°
Aspect (sun exposure)
- N — least sun
- E — morning
- S — most sun
- W — afternoon
Legend after OpenSkiMap
Stay in Didveli
Accommodation is in the town of Bakuriani, a short distance from the Didveli lifts, offering a wide range of hotels, guesthouses and apartments plus restaurants, shops and the smaller Kokhta ski zone nearby. Its established resort infrastructure makes it an easy, comfortable family base.
Lifts and pistes from the door — the point of a high, purpose-built resort.
Self-catering residences, the bulk of the beds and the flexible-budget option.
Catered and self-catered chalets for groups wanting the whole place.
From simple to high-end, with pools and spas to thaw out in.
How to get there
The packet gateway is Kutaisi (KUT); Tbilisi is the other common arrival, with the resort roughly a two-and-a-half to three-hour drive from the capital through Borjomi.
The transfer is a steady mountain-road drive up from the Borjomi valley, generally straightforward, and for a scenic alternative the historic narrow-gauge train still climbs from Borjomi to Bakuriani.
Best time: January and February bring the most reliable snow and the liveliest family holiday atmosphere.
Nearby resorts
Other resorts within reach.
Goderdzi Mountain Resort
- Vertical
- 639 m
- Pistes (mapped)
- 3
- Lifts
- 3
Мамисон
- Vertical
- 888 m
- Pistes (mapped)
- 11
- Lifts
- 2
Myler Mountain Resort
- Vertical
- 804 m
- Pistes (mapped)
- 1
- Lifts
- 3
Getting to Didveli
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Ski data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via OpenSkiMap & Skimap.org. Basemap © OpenFreeMap / OpenMapTiles. Editorial: mynext.holiday. Accommodation via Stay22; transfers via Kiwitaxi; car hire via Travelpayouts.