- Vakhushti via the Southwest Ridge (combined route, category 1B difficulty, Fig. 5, 18). Without reaching the Vakhushti pass (pic. 89), turn right and, bypassing rocky gendarmes on the right along the scree, ascend to the Southwest Ridge of Vakhushti.
From here, ascend along the scree and easy, heavily damaged, snow-covered (cornices) rocks of the southwest ridge to the snowy, scree-covered southern shoulder. From the shoulder, there is a small descent along the wide, snow-covered (cornice) southwest ridge to a connecting ridge. Further, ascend along the easy, gently sloping, snow-covered (cornices) rocks of the southwest ridge to the summit of Vakhushti.
