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Shkhara
- Mapped trail
- 2.3 km+284 m · about 1 hEnds 2,550 m below the summit.
- Prominence
- 1,351 m4,432 ft
- Isolation
- 10 km
- Tonight
- -24°CFog · Wind 6 km/h NW
Shkhara is a 5,193 m (17,038 ft) mountain in the Bezengi Wall, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia.
All facts
- Elevation
- 5,193 m · 17,038 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Dykh-Tau (5,204 m)
- Range
- Bezengi Wall
- Region
- Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia
- Spanish name
- Shjara
- Coordinates
- 42.9999° N, 43.1101° E
Trails toward Shkhara
Mapped trails from the road get to 2,550 m below the summit, typically a pass, lake or camp. The top itself is a mountaineering climb with no mapped route.
From Parking, 6.1 km SSW of Shkhara
- Distance
- 2.3 kmone way
- Climb
- +284 m−10 m (932 ft up)
- Time up
- about 1 h
- Difficulty
- Grade not mapped
Ends 2,550 m below the summit.
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Shkhara 3D map
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Shkhara terrain and contours
100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Shkhara weather
Tonight · Fog · -24°C (-11°F) · Wind 6 km/h NW
Shkhara forecast for the summit, about 5,193 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 2,272 m.
- Tonight-24°–6 km/h NWBase -6°
- Today-25°-14°–7 km/h NWBase -7 / 3°
- Sun-25°-12°–7 km/h NWBase -7 / 5°
- Mon-24°-12°–6 km/h NWBase -6 / 6°
- Tue-17°-10°–2 km/h SWBase 0 / 7°
- Wed-16°-9°0.1 mm2 km/h SBase 1 / 9°
- Thu-13°-12°1.3 mm1 km/h WBase 4 / 5°
- Fri-15°-12°8.4 mm4 km/h SWBase 2 / 5°
- Sat-23°-15°1.1 mm4 km/h SWBase -5 / 3°
- Sun-21°-15°9.0 mm3 km/h SWBase -4 / 3°
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.
Camping & parking near Shkhara
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Shkhara, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Джанги-Кош
Nearest parking
6.2 km SSW
All mapped places 4
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Джанги-КошCampsite | 3.5 km N |
| Австрийские ночевкиCampsite | 3.6 km N |
| Campsite | 3.9 km SW |
| Parking | 6.2 km SSW |
How steep is the route to Shkhara?
The easiest mapped route, 2.3 km from 2,272 m to 2,546 m. Steepest stretch: 27°.
- 0–15°2.2 km
- 15–30°0.1 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 30 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 4.7 km, measured from the Shkhara summit.
Summit list 7
- 1Shkhara East4,866 m 1.4 km ENE
- 2Ushguli4,632 m 1.5 km SE
- 3West Shkhara5,069 m 1.7 km W
- 4Lakutsa4,414 m 2.5 km SE
- 5Shota Rustaveli Peak4,859 m 3.3 km WNW
- 6East Janghi5,033 m 3.5 km WNW
- 7Bashkhauz4,471 m 4.7 km NE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4.7 km; 33 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Domestic Dog4
- Milky Bellflower4
- Siberian Saxifrage3
- Black Redstart2
- West Caucasian Tur2
- Chamaenerion colchicum2
Where Shkhara sits
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
JangaPeak · 5,051 m↑4.8 km WNW
TetnuldiPeak · 4,858 m↑10 km WNW
Mount ElbrusPeak · 5,642 m↑67 km NW
Karmadon Gorge↑116 km E
MashukPeak · 993 m↑117 km N
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Shkhara downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
93 m low This 3D map reads 5,101 m at the summit; the official height is 5,193 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 103 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 5,193 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 5,101 m | -93 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 5,090 m | -103 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-10)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia