The Cross Over Mestia — Attraction in Samegrelo-Upper Svaneti

Great views. Two paths leading up here: the steep western one and the less steep but still very much vertical eastern one. I took the east path and it took me a bit over two hours to get here. The east path separates a lot into smaller footpaths, some of which are a bit tricky with lots of loose dirt and vegetation. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to tell which way in the eastern path was best. You can take the road here too which is way longer but more even and with lots more people on the way. I don’t recommend taking anything but the road by foot if it’s even raining and even then I’d...

We hiked in August and left our hotel at 6am and it took us just under 2 hours to get to the top. It was a tough but manageable route. I would not advice to do it in the rain as it would be very slippery. If it was raining you can take the much longer road there. You also have the option to take the road down if you don't want the steep descent but we went back the same way and found it mainly fine.

The view from the top is beautiful and if you walk a bit further up to the cafe you can see more mountains which were beautiful. We were back in...

From what I know there's 3 routes to the cross. One driveable and two nondriveable hikes (2 separate routes). We walked the 2 hikes. If you look on the web, you'll find the trails on a map. You can also keep hiking up to the Koruldi lakes from the cross. We took the western one up and the eastern one down. They were challenging. The majority of it was on 30-35% incline. Be prepared for a workout. The hike up took us almost 3 hours (with frequent stops to catch our breaths lol). The walk down was about an hour and a half. Totally worth it....