The Monte Livata is a medium-altitude mountain (1,429 m (4,688 ft) a.s.l.) belonging to the Monti Simbruini range, in Lazio, in the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, within the territory of the municipality of Subiaco, bordering the territories of the municipalities of Camerata Nuova, Cervara di Roma, Jenne, and Vallepietra. It hosts a ski resort, divided into two zones, among the most important in Lazio. The mountain is characterized by the presence of grazing animals, such as many buffaloes, cows, and horses.

Located not far from the border with Abruzzo, just 15 kilometers from Subiaco, the Livata resort extends over some 3,000 hectares in the Monti Simbruini Regional Natural Park [it], surrounded by the beech forests of the Monti Simbruini. Generally identified with the toponym Monte Livata, or simply Livata, it is divided internally into two districts or zones, all sharing the karstic nature of the terrain, but differing in altitude, vegetation, and level of human development:

The municipality of Subiaco, on 26 June 1965, developed a "General Plan for the Development and Enhancement of the Municipal Mountain from Livata to Campo dell’Osso," obtaining authorization from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests for the alienation and change of use of the civic domain lands (MAF decrees of 19 October 1959 and 21 October 1968). The General Development and Enhancement Plan was approved and regulated by the municipality of Subiaco with technical regulations outlined in resolution no. 55 of 30 June 1965 (see also: resolution no. 17 of 18 April 1966, concerning the extension and subdivision of Monte Livata-Campo dell’Osso; resolution of 29 April 1967, resolution of 15 May 1967 concerning the land use plan for the Monte Livata-Campo dell’Osso areas). The extent of this subdivision thus marks the boundary between the portion of parcel 15/p located within the “Livata-Campo dell’Osso” resort (1,429–1,560 m a.s.l.) and the portion of the same parcel corresponding to the different Monna dell’Orso area, located outside the resort’s boundaries, at a higher altitude (1,618–1,758 m a.s.l.).

Its user base is the lower province of Rome, along with the nearby Campo Staffi [it] and Campocatino [it] in the Frosinone area.

There are various opportunities for hiking in the forests up to Monte Calvo and Monte Autore [it]; about 5 km away, it is possible to reach Campaegli [it] (1,430 m a.s.l.), another tourist-mountain locality in the municipality of Cervara di Roma, while about 12 km from Monte Livata (Anello locality), the town of Subiaco is located, where it is possible to visit the Subiaco monasteries, open every day of the year.

Until 1956, Monte Livata was reached on foot or by donkey or mule. In the same year, the drivable road, desired by the Subiaco administration and the then head of the Forestry Corps, was inaugurated; until that time, the place had been a destination for skiers who, thanks to the historic "Subiaco skiers’ group," founded in 1927, reached the mountain to engage in winter sports such as Nordic skiing, alpine skiing, and jumping. In 1957, the first cable lifts were built on the Bandita and Fascia hills, while in 1959, the first hotel structure was inaugurated: the Hotel Italia, built by Giacomo Orlandi, a pioneer of Livata mountain tourism.

In the following years, other local operators began commercial and mountain tourism activities: thanks to winter tourism and summer mountain tourism, many families from the “Rome elite” began to frequent Livata and built the first chalets in the Livata and Campo dell’Osso plains. Meanwhile, in 1965, the ski club Livata was established, with its first president, Filippo Morini, also a co-owner of the first cable lifts built on the Cesone, Fascia, Rotoli, Valletta, Fossa dell’Acero, and Monna dell’Orso hills. In 1965, at the Hotel Italia, the Rome education authority began organizing winter stays in the mountains for middle school students, who, in addition to studying, learned to ski under the guidance of ISEF professors.

In 1968, the first alpine ski school was established at the Hotel Italia, and thanks to the generosity of Giacomo Orlandi and the pro loco of Livata, ski instructors from Cortina d’Ampezzo were hired, forming the Italian F.I.S.I. school. The following year, in addition to the three Cortina instructors, two instructors from Predazzo joined, who were the founders of the Monte Livata Italian ski school of the "Guadagnini" brothers. Thanks to the efforts of these instructors, an important period of promoting alpine skiing in central-southern Italy began. Meanwhile, some Subiaco residents had also established an alpine ski school in Livata called "Cimon Della Pala.”