{"id":1099,"date":"2020-08-27T10:09:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T10:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/staging\/?destination=mont-ouchba-skiing-hiking"},"modified":"2024-06-06T01:40:35","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T17:40:35","slug":"mount-ushba-skiing-hiking","status":"publish","type":"destination","link":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/destination\/mount-ushba-skiing-hiking\/","title":{"rendered":"Mount Ushba Skiing \/ Hiking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/api.mapbox.com\/styles\/v1\/visitsilkroad\/clvl3cel701dq01phev10aq9m\/static\/pin-s+ff0000(42.6607243,43.1204516)\/42.6607243,43.1204516,12.5,0\/725x300?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoidmlzaXRzaWxrcm9hZCIsImEiOiJjbHV2YWEzbDMwMWRvMmpvYXd1NzRkNDcwIn0.iA4-BEz1MfIrSQRk3uxVkw\">\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Getting There<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Mount Ushba\u00a0is located in the\u00a0Svaneti\u00a0region of\u00a0Georgia, just south of the border with the\u00a0Kabardino-Balkaria\u00a0region of\u00a0Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What to Expect<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>As in other mountains of the Caucasus, the weather can change several times a day, which often makes it challenging to climb mount Ushba. Temperatures on the peak in July and August range from -10 to -15<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">History<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Between the Black and Caspian Seas, with Russia to its north and the Middle East to its south, Georgia contains four of Europe\u2019s ten highest peaks. At 15,400 feet, Mt. Ushba is the nation\u2019s fifth-highest peak, but its double summit separated by only 66 feet in elevation is regarded as the country\u2019s most challenging climb. Climbers have named the surrounding area \u201cThe Rotten Corner\u201d because of unpredictable and difficult weather conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mount Ushba is one of the most notable peaks of the Caucasus Mountains. It is located in the Svaneti region of Georgia. It is a part of the centran Caucasus. Ushba is surrounded by Peak Shurovski , Chatini, Shkhelda, Samll Ushba and peak Mazeri mountains.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12486,"parent":0,"template":"","destination_type":[17],"location":[20,117],"site_type":[171],"featured":[],"class_list":["post-1099","destination","type-destination","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","destination_type-site","location-georgia","location-samegrelo-zemo-svaneti","site_type-ski-hiking-resorts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/destination\/1099"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/destination"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/destination"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/destination\/1099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19587,"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/destination\/1099\/revisions\/19587"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"destination_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/destination_type?post=1099"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=1099"},{"taxonomy":"site_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/site_type?post=1099"},{"taxonomy":"featured","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured?post=1099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}