Trafoi: Die Gletscher des Ortlergebiets | I ghiacciai del Gruppo dell’Ortles - Südtirol | Valle di - Alto Adige
Trafoi is best known within South Tyrol for its setting below the Ortler massif, whose 3,905-metre summit is the highest in the Eastern Alps. The small settlement lies in the upper Trafoi valley within Stelvio National Park, amid the glaciated peaks of the Ortler-Cevedale group. It stands on the approach to Stelvio Pass, the high Alpine crossing between South Tyrol and Lombardy. The pass road, constructed under the Austrian Empire in the 1820s, gave this remote valley a lasting strategic and travel connection. Forested slopes rise from the valley floor towards rock, ice and high mountain basins, while Trafoi is a base for hiking and mountaineering in the national park.
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Trafoi occupies a high mountain valley on the eastern approach to Stelvio Pass in South Tyrol. The settlement belongs to the municipality of Stelvio and lies within Stelvio National Park, beneath the Ortler Alps. The road above town climbs towards the pass through a famously dense sequence of hairpin bends, linking South Tyrol with Lombardy. Ortler, at 3,905 metres Italy’s highest mountain, rises in this alpine group. Trafoi is also the birthplace of Gustav Thöni, the Italian skier who won four overall Alpine Ski World Cup titles in the 1970s. Continue through nearby webcams to explore different parts of South Tyrol and the Ortler Alps.
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