Eight kilometers from Mestia, past a pine grove, lies Hatsvali, a place of great tourist potential. A 2,400-meter ski run has been operating here for three years now, in no way inferior to Europe's leading ski resorts. Above the ski run is a most beautiful birch forest, from which holidaymakers delight in the mighty peaks of Ushba, gaze with pleasure on the white slopes of Tetnuldi and fill their lungs with clean air, while from below the proud Svan towers look on.