Bakuriani

Bakuriani (Georgian: ბაკურიანი) is a daba and a skiing resort in the Borjomi district of Georgia. It is located on the northern slope of the Trialeti Range, at an elevation of 1,700 meters (5,576 feet) above sea level.

Bakuriani

ბაკურიანი
Borough and Resort
Bakuriani
Location in Georgia
Bakuriani
Bakuriani (Samtskhe-Javakheti)
Coordinates: 41°45′N 43°32′E
Country Georgia
MkhareSamtskhe-Javakheti
MunicipalityBorjomi
Borough from1926
Elevation
1,700 m (5,600 ft)
Population
 (2014)[1]
 • Total1,879
Area code(s)+995 367[2]

Geography

The region around Bakuriani is covered by coniferous forests (mainly made up of spruce). The resort lies 30 km (19 mi) from Borjomi and is located within the so-called Bakuriani Depression/caldera. The resort is connected with Borjomi by an electrified narrow-gauge railway. The present-day area of the town was built up by lava flows from the nearby Mukhera volcano.[3]

Ski resort

The ski area of the resort is split into two separate parts: Didveli and Kokhta/Kokhta-Mitarbi. Mount Kokhta provides a maximum skiable altitude of 2,269 metres (7,444 ft),[4] whereas the highest lift in Didveli reaches 2,702 metres (8,865 ft).[5]

The first ski base was opened in 1932. From Bakuriani to Kokhtagori Mountain (1.3 km) and Tskhratskaro Pass (3.5 km) there are ski lifts, ski tramps. There is artificial snowfall on Didveli skiing routes.

Climate

The climate of Bakuriani is transitional from humid maritime to relatively humid continental. (Köppen: Dfb)[6] The winters are cold and experience significant snowfall while the summers are long and warm. Average annual temperature of the town is 4.3 degrees Celsius. The average temperature in January is -7.3 degrees Celsius while the average August temperature is 15 degrees Celsius. The annual precipitation is 734 mm (28.9 in). The depth of snow from December to March is 64 cm (25.2 in). Bakuriani is also home to the Botanical Garden of the Georgian Academy of Sciences.

Bakuriani, view towards Didveli Valley

People

It was the home town of luger Nodar Kumaritashvili, who died during event training on the first day of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He lived in Bakuriani for much his life, and the street he lived on was named in his honor after his death. Georgia's flag-bearing athlete at the opening ceremony, alpine skier Iason Abramashvili, also resides there; he thought of withdrawing, but ultimately decided to compete to honor Kumaritashvili's memory.

The 37 km Borjomi-Bakuriani railway "Kukushka" uses 912 mm track gauge.

A few km south of Bakuriani lies the trajectory of the Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline.

See also

References
  1. "Number of population by administrative-territorial units and sex | 2014". geostat.ge. 2014. Archived from the original on 2016-09-20. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  2. საქართველოს სატელეფონო კოდები — „სილქნეტი“ Archived 2016-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "(PDF) Long-lived center of youngest volcanism in the Borzhomi region of Georgia: Isotopic-geochronological evidence". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
  4. "Bakuriani Ski Resort - the best place for a winter holiday in Georgia". 2017-02-11. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
  5. "Bakuriani". www.j2ski.com. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
  6. "Bakuriani climate: Average Temperature, weather by month, Bakuriani weather averages - Climate-Data.org". en.climate-data.org. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
  7. "Bakuriani Climate averages (1981-2016) - Weather Spark". weatherspark.com. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
  8. "Global Summary of the Month Station Details: BAKURIANI, GG, GHCND:GG000037524 | Climate Data Online (CDO) | National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)". www.ncdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
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