- Mardjanishvili via the Eastern Ridge (ice and snow route, category II difficulty, figs. 5, 6). From the areas below Sharivtsék Pass (r. 18) turn left and ascend along the stream, then via a grassy moraine left of the waterfalls, and a snowy slope with rocky ridges. Above the waterfalls, turn right and, via a 3–5-meter rocky ascent, reach an ice and snow slope. Ascend the gentle slope towards the left side of the Western Saddle of Sharivtsék Pass. Without reaching the pass, turn left and, along a gentle snowy slope, bypass the first rocky sentinel of Mardjanishvili’s Eastern Ridge on the left (beware of rockfall from the sentinel). From the upper areas, 1–1.5 hours. For the ascent path to the first sentinel of the Eastern Ridge from the Lower Camps, see r. 29.
From the I sentinel, ascend 200 m up a snowy slope on the left side of the Eastern Ridge
(beware of cornices). Bypass the II sentinel, rocky outcrops, and large snow cornices, turn right, and
reach the Eastern Ridge. Ascend a steep 150–200-meter snowy slope (belay), then a wide, scree-covered
Eastern Ridge to the summit of Mardjanishvili. From the I sentinel, 1.5–2 hours.
