NATIONAL PARK STELVIO / STILFERSJOCH         BACK
National Park STELVIO, founded in 1935  was first national park in Trentino and one 

of the oldest in Italy. It is the largest park not only among the Italian parks, but also in the whole Alpine chain.

Majestic ridges, green forests, high mountain green grasslands crossed by foaming streams springing from 

perennial glaciers form the landscape of the Park.

Passo di Tonale Famous ski area. War memorial reminds everybody of the soldiers killed in 1st World War.	A man with stone hatchet	A mountain lake on the road towards Passo di Galvia.	Lunar landscape around Passo di Galvia.

Reflection.	Clean mountain lake... We filled some bottles.	Infinite row of peaks, valleys and glaciers.	Passo di Galvia (2621 m) with War Memorial.

This cow enjoyed the company of the tourists.	One of the 103 glaciers of Park Stelvio.	A lonely cow.	Wildflowers

This picture shows the boundary of the green forests.	Old roofs in a small town.	Church in town Aprica.	Village Cortenedolo

Main square of town Edolo.	Driving in Valle di Pejo	Mossy stones.	Walking towards Lake Palu

Lake Palu is a big lake in Vamalenco, at 1921 m above sea level.	Power station of Lake Palu	Dam of  Lake Palu.	Panorama of village Cogolo, in Val di Pejo.

Excursion to Val de la Mare.	Malga Mare (2030 m)	An old church in one of the villages.	Nice frescoes, representing scenes of Jesus Christ's life.

Our navigation tools: GPS and laptop with Fugawi software.	A water cascade on the road towards Solda/Sulden.	The church of village Solda.	The tiny museum in the so-called “Flohhäusl” in Sulden is a small section from Reinhold Messner, the famous peak-climber.

The oldish door of the tiny museum.	How does the Yeti look...	Glorenza/Glurns is called the pearl of South Tyrol. A tiny town sorrunded by high townwalls. Glorenza/Glurns on the web	Typical arcades...

Flowers, Mediterranean plants, white houses...	Even the water pump has flower decoration.	An interesting house, richly decorated by horns, bones, and totem poles in the garden.	An old Tyrolean Hotel.

Passo dello Stelvio 2758 m	Hairpin curves leading to Passo di Stelvio.	Even in the heights of 2700 m Ortler Group was a scene of serious fights during 1st World War.	Ortler Peak with 3905 m was the highest point ofthe Austro-Hungarian Monarchy.

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