Kazbegi Mountain Marathon

This year you will experience an unforgettable mountain adventure. Steep climbs, high elevation, unforgettable and wild nature, mountain river crossing, technical sections and an amazing view on Kazbegi Mountain following all the way along the trail.

The race starts in village Gergeti and continues through Gergeti Trinity Church parking area to Sabertse Pass via the Winter Path. All along the path, the view of the magnificent Kazbegi Mountain will encourage runners fighting climbs. In the middle of the path, participants of the Fun Run race will take sharp left and reach the parallel Summer Path, have some drinks and food at the point and enjoy their descent to the finish. Runners of the Sky and Extreme races will reach the pass, cross a mountain stream via bridge and stop at Altihut, where check and refreshment point is located. Here Skyrace participants turn around and start descent towards the finish line. While Extreme continue further up and get to the highest point of their journey (3,650 masl): Mount Kazbegi Base Camp and Bethlemi Hut. Now the long descent to the finish is ahead through the Glacier, Altihut, Sabertse Pass and the Summer Path.

The routes for all the four distances will be marked in TRAILLAB style. The aid stations will be available at the following locations:

Fun Run, 4km
- Gergeti Trinity Church parking area, 1.5km

Classic Trail, 10km
- Summer Path, 5.5km

Skyrace, 15km
- Altihut, 7km
- Summer Path, 10.5km

Extreme, 30km
- Altihut, 7km
- Bethlemi Hut, 10.5km
- Altihut, 14km
- Summer Path, 18km

Runners must finish the distance inside the time limits:

Fun Run, 3:00 hrs
Classic Trail, 3:00 hrs
Skyrace, 4:00 hrs
Extreme, 6:00 hrs

All the distances are registered by the International Trail Running Association (ITRA) and Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB). While two of the distances are qualifiers of international races

Extreme and SkyRace distance participants will be allowed to participate in the race only if they have all the required equipment list of which is given on the following link: https://www.traillab.ge/kazbegi