_______ Ci sono modi diversi di vivere la montagna. C’è chi cerca la prestazione, il tempo migliore, il dislivello più impegnativo. E poi c’è chi sceglie di rallentare, ascoltare, osservare. SkiAlp’Xperience nasce proprio da questa seconda visione: un modo autentico e consapevole di vivere l’outdoor invernale, lontano dalla competizione e…

Last week, Balandino, Lorenzo and our co-founder Mavi spent seven days in Chamonix. They climbed hard lines, practised rescue skills, slept in a busy youth hostel, and left with something the routes themselves can’t give you alone: partners, confidence and a renewed belief that community is the multiplier of every…

_______ We’re proud to announce that once again this year, Melloblocco renews its partnership with NIVA! Beyond the community-focused features—like connecting with climbers in the valley or organizing carpooling from various locations—the app will also help you find your way around and keep track of the boulders you\'ve climbed. On…

_______ Have you ever heard of the legendary climbing routes of Val di Mello and Val Masino? In this blog post, we’ll take you on a journey through the Historical Paths of these iconic valleys – renowned as a true mecca for granite climbing in the Alps. These paths were designed by Michele…

Who we are NIVA is the platform connecting all climbing and outdoor sports enthusiasts, offering a complete experience for both end users and business operators. For end users, it works like the matching app for vertical adventures: it helps find climbing partners based on skills, experience, and location, solving a…

_______ Siamo orgogliosi di annunciare che NIVA è tech partner di Homeland Skialp Fest: un\'iniziativa che è molto più di un semplice festival... Si tratta piuttosto di un laboratorio vivente che vuole dare una risposta al cambiamento che sta avvenendo all\'interno del mondo degli sport invernali. Homeland esplora nuove modalità…

_______ Quest\'anno NIVA sarà tech partner dello Skimofestival, il primo festival in Italia interamente dedicato allo scialpinismo. Giunto alla sua seconda edizione, il festival si è già affermato come un evento di riferimento per gli appassionati, ma anche per i neofiti che vogliono avvicinarsi alla disciplina. Quale migliore occasione per…

_______ The Dolomites are one of Europe’s most majestic mountains. With their sharp ridges, towering peaks, and sheer walls, the “pale mountains” have attracted climbers worldwide for more than a century. However, Italian climber Emilio Comici defined today’s modern climbing in the Dolomites, pioneering some of the most challenging routes…

_______ Sir Abercrombie (“Filthy”) Lewker, a former commando and pompous Shakespearean actor is a fictional character invented by the English writer Glynn Carr. Filthy solves murders while mountaineering. One of his deed was the resolution of a mysterious murder in Snowdonia, presented in the book Death on the Milestone Buttress...Cover…

_______ We are truly honoured and excited to have been selected as the official app of the Italian Events of Petzl‘s Belay Experience Tour, that took place at Orobia Climbing (Bergamo) on October 3rd and at Solid Climbing Club (Milan) on October 17th. The events provided an opportunity to fully…

_______ The fourth edition of the Valle Orco Climbing Festival, held from September 26 to 29, 2024, in Ceresole Reale, was a remarkable success. This event, which began as a small gathering in 2020, has grown into a significant international festival, attracting over 8,000 participants from around the world. Notably,…

_______ Iceland, often conjured in the mind as a realm of icy landscapes, geysers, and the mesmerizing Northern Lights, is not just a physical land but a confluence of history, literature, and geology. Let\'s embark on a journey that traverses its diverse terrains, both literary and geological, while unveiling the…

_______ In free climbing, different grading systems exist to provide climbers with a standardized way to communicate and compare the difficulty of climbing routes. These grading systems help climbers understand the challenges they may encounter on a particular route and allow them to make informed decisions about their climbing abilities…

_______ First part. Notes and insights of a local climber from Berlin, Germany, who tries to set the inner conflict of being a climber, connected to the mountains, and still deciding to live in a flat big city. Dealing with the opportunities one must forgo, the desire to travel it…

_______ Kalymnos is a picturesque Greek island in the southeastern Aegean Sea that has gained significant attention in recent years for its world-class rock climbing. But the island has a rich history that goes back thousands of years. In this blog post, we will take a look at the history…

_______ Melloblocco is over and it’s time to share some memories. Well, what has been of absolute interest was the spirit of the festival: an international gathering where participants tried out passages together with the world’s best specialists, sharing passion for climbing and the great outdoors. Everyone had the chance…

_______ One of the major novelties of the 2024 edition of Melloblocco is the use of the NIVA app, which will play a useful and innovative role in supporting organizers and participants. The first advantage will be that boulderers will be able to use the interactive and geolocalised maps of…

_______ In the northern part of the Scandinavian lands rise a 90 km mountain range of beautiful white landscape, which, not for nothing, is named after the famous iconic European ridge. The Lyngen Alps are a unique landscape and a tremendous alpine climbing playground, containing around 140 glaciers with summits…

Dru, guttural and syncopated sound. A synthesis, at times dramatic, of the aesthetics and mountaineering aspirations of several generations and schools of extreme climbers: \'One of the purest wonders of the Mont Blanc chain\', is how the Vallot Guide, bible of Europe\'s highest mountain, describes it. The Dru was the…

_______ Berlin is a city steeped in history and culture, with a rich and complex past that has left its mark on the urban landscape. For those interested in exploring the city\'s hidden corners and forgotten spaces, urbex and climbing offer a unique and exciting way to experience Berlin\'s history…

_______ Adventure tourism has grown exponentially worldwide. It is one of the fastest-expanding tourism sectors, and with the post corona opened borders, the opportunities are endless. While a precise evaluation of adventure tourism’s global economic value is not a clear task due to its unrefined scope, its monetary and non-monetary…

_______ Frequenting the High Mountains is a challenging activity that cannot be undertaken lightly , and requires a whole series of careful assessments of both one\'s physical condition and the conditions one will face, and thus also of one\'s skills and abilities. The High Mountain is a magnificent, majestic, sublime…

_______ The beautiful Aguglia Goloritzé is known to be one of Sardinia’s finest climbing routes of excellent limestone rock over an incredible turquoise-coloured sea. The 140 metre cliff rises from the beach of Cala Goloritzé, offering a few different paths with varied difficulty levels from 5c to 7b+ and changing…

_______ Skiing has been an integral part of Norwegian culture for thousands of years. The sport is intertwined with the country’s rich historical heritage and traditions for good and obvious reasons. Norway is known for its magnificent white landscapes; the fjords and fjellos are spread all over the mighty land,…

a two-handed travelogue by anna and ludo climbing and powder skiing on japanese volcanoes in hokkaido island  _______ ludo writes:Here we are: it\'s 4 February, off to Japan. Tomorrow we are skiing on the long-awaited powder snow in Hokkaido. Departing from Italy, Germany, the UK and Switzerland, and after a…

_______ Ci sono modi diversi di vivere la montagna. C’è chi cerca la prestazione, il tempo migliore, il dislivello più impegnativo. E poi c’è chi sceglie di rallentare, ascoltare, osservare. SkiAlp’Xperience nasce proprio da questa seconda visione: un modo autentico e consapevole di vivere l’outdoor invernale, lontano dalla competizione e…

Last week, Balandino, Lorenzo and our co-founder Mavi spent seven days in Chamonix. They climbed hard lines, practised rescue skills, slept in a busy youth hostel, and left with something the routes themselves can’t give you alone: partners, confidence and a renewed belief that community is the multiplier of every…

_______ We’re proud to announce that once again this year, Melloblocco renews its partnership with NIVA! Beyond the community-focused features—like connecting with climbers in the valley or organizing carpooling from various locations—the app will also help you find your way around and keep track of the boulders you\'ve climbed. On…

_______ Have you ever heard of the legendary climbing routes of Val di Mello and Val Masino? In this blog post, we’ll take you on a journey through the Historical Paths of these iconic valleys – renowned as a true mecca for granite climbing in the Alps. These paths were designed by Michele…

Who we are NIVA is the platform connecting all climbing and outdoor sports enthusiasts, offering a complete experience for both end users and business operators. For end users, it works like the matching app for vertical adventures: it helps find climbing partners based on skills, experience, and location, solving a…

_______ Siamo orgogliosi di annunciare che NIVA è tech partner di Homeland Skialp Fest: un\'iniziativa che è molto più di un semplice festival... Si tratta piuttosto di un laboratorio vivente che vuole dare una risposta al cambiamento che sta avvenendo all\'interno del mondo degli sport invernali. Homeland esplora nuove modalità…

_______ Quest\'anno NIVA sarà tech partner dello Skimofestival, il primo festival in Italia interamente dedicato allo scialpinismo. Giunto alla sua seconda edizione, il festival si è già affermato come un evento di riferimento per gli appassionati, ma anche per i neofiti che vogliono avvicinarsi alla disciplina. Quale migliore occasione per…

_______ The Dolomites are one of Europe’s most majestic mountains. With their sharp ridges, towering peaks, and sheer walls, the “pale mountains” have attracted climbers worldwide for more than a century. However, Italian climber Emilio Comici defined today’s modern climbing in the Dolomites, pioneering some of the most challenging routes…

_______ Sir Abercrombie (“Filthy”) Lewker, a former commando and pompous Shakespearean actor is a fictional character invented by the English writer Glynn Carr. Filthy solves murders while mountaineering. One of his deed was the resolution of a mysterious murder in Snowdonia, presented in the book Death on the Milestone Buttress...Cover…

_______ We are truly honoured and excited to have been selected as the official app of the Italian Events of Petzl‘s Belay Experience Tour, that took place at Orobia Climbing (Bergamo) on October 3rd and at Solid Climbing Club (Milan) on October 17th. The events provided an opportunity to fully…