The path from the bivouac site in the Tsey district to the Tsey-Tbilisi pass. In 1934 on the upper plateau of the Northern branch of the Tsey glacier. At the saddle of the Tsey-Tbilisi pass, turn left. Over the destroyed, unreliable rocks of medium difficulty of the jagged ridge, bypassing the difficulties of the gendarmes on the right, along the snow-covered slabs (piton belay) to a platform under the sheer wall of the Western ridge of the Chanchakhi peak.

From the platform:

• traverse along simple and medium-difficulty rocks to bypass the wall on the right to a snow-covered rock couloir;
• along rocks above medium difficulty of the steep couloir (possible rockfall — piton belay) 40 m up to the Western ridge;
• along the ridge, ascent under the wall;
• under the wall, move along medium-difficulty rocks to the right couloir and along steep, with few holds, местами разрушенным rocks above medium difficulty of the couloir, ascend 35–40 m to the Western ridge;
• along the ridge, ascend under the main ascent;
• from the ascent, move to the next right couloir and along it (“live” stones — piton belay) to the Western ridge;
• along steep, snow-covered (“live” stones — piton belay), medium-difficulty rocks of the Western ridge with numerous short walls, ascent 450–500 m to the summit of Chanchakhi.