We’re so excited to announce our partnership with GU energy for Sciacchetrail® 2019! GU energy has been a leader in the sports nutrition field for over 20 years. Our shared core values of building healthy communities, increasing access to sport and protecting public lands makes this partnership a perfect fit. We’ll have GU gels and energy …
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Just over two months until the 5th edition of Sciacchetrail. Here are some reflections from our Main Sponsor La Sportiva Spa, with us from the first edition. (Ziano di Fiemme- Trento 24 January 2019) – And then there were five! Five editions of Sciacchetrail: there is something to draw some numbers from and give things …
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Sunday 23 December, the Eve of Christmas Eve. Under a leaden sky, a small group of athletes gathered around the start at the Marina di Manarola, between the boats and the cliffs that fall to the sea. Toeing the line are Lorenzo Pellegrini (MTB champion) from Valdipino, the rustless Gianni Moggia from Vernazza and Daniele Battilani (ASD Golfo dei …
After 2 years of Vertical to the “Hill of Three Crosses” (167 meters above sea level), that has piqued the interest of hundreds of vertical specialists and involved the small community of Manarola, it’s changing. The Vertical is growing in both length and elevation (726 meters of elevation gain in 3 km). It will no longer stop on the …
The running water can see no stars. This beautiful verse by Federico Garcia Lorca does not take into account another approach to the contemplation of nature: running long distances with great elevation changes on trails. A profound physical and emotional experience. A type of running much closer to meditation than to simple physical activity. The …
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During the summer, five photo workshops will be held in the Cinque Terre villages: our intention is to start from the Italian photographic tradition and arrive at a contemporary interpretation of the Cinque Terre, – organizers say – an alternative to that of the postcard vision of mass tourism. Our perspective will be that of …
We’re almost there and ASD Cinque Terre, Cinque Terre Trekking e La Sportiva ideas are clear. Sciacchetrail will be a long weekend of excitement. Not to be missed, after the success of last year, the Sciacchetrail Outdoor & Family Village, with new sports and activities to try all weekend and events connected to the worlds of …
For the ancients, chestnuts represented the connection between heaven and earth, the cosmic mediator between the physical and spiritual world. For Sciacchetrail it is the symbol of our link with our ancestral rural community. With its fruit they feed themselves and with its wood they found infinite uses: the most important being its use in …
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The Italian National Commission for l’UNESCO, again this year, renews its appreciation of Sciacchetrail, through its patronage of our trail running race on the wine trails of the Cinque Terre. For the third consecutive year this prestigious patronage confirms the importance of the event “in consideration of the values of the initiative, aimed at raising …
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