To Mount Kazbeg, 28 July 2011

Torbjørn an I allocated a whole day in Kazbegi to a walk up to one of the glaciers from Mount Kazbeg, 1,3 km above the city. It was a bit too tuff, I would recommend to take a taxi to the Gergeti Trinity Church to cut 400 meters from the 1,3 km. I could fell the trip in my legs several days after.


Mount Kazbeg is a dormant stratovolcano and one of the major mountains of the Caucasus





We went in the direction of Gergeti Trinity Church along a small stream



View to Mount Kazbeg

On our (long) way up

After many hours of walking we got the view of the glacier - one of several glaciers starting from Mount Kazbeg







Rhododendron



It started to rain and we hurried down - fortunately it ended just as fast as it started



Sunset over Mount Kazbeg

Silhouette of Gergeti Trinity Church

One of the small cliffs right of mount Kazbeg had a silhouette very similar to the Gergeti Trinity Church

Sunset over Mount Kazbeg