Webcam Trafoi
Trafoi (2,090 m), (local time): 8 °C, overcast, feels like 6 °C, wind 7 km/h N, humidity 92%. Source: Open-Meteo, at the camera's altitude.
Trafoi webcam from 2,090 m: the Ortler glaciers in the distance, the village below on the Stelvio road. Snow and weather on the South Tyrol side.
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This webcam, in brief
How the camera works and what to expect from the images.
What can I see on the Trafoi webcam?
The webcam is at 2,090 m, above Trafoi, and looks south: in the distance the glaciers of the Ortler group, the Ortler being the highest peak in South Tyrol (3,905 m); below, the valley floor with the village of Trafoi.
Is the image live? How often does it update?
When the camera is running, the image updates automatically every few minutes during daylight hours. The time of the latest snapshot is shown on the page, and the timelapse plays back the hours before.
Where is Trafoi and how do I get there?
Trafoi is a hamlet of Stelvio, in Val Venosta (Vinschgau), South Tyrol, at 1,543 m, on the Stelvio state road. By car you drive up from Prato allo Stelvio; in summer you can also arrive from Bormio over the Stelvio Pass, which is closed in winter.
Discover Trafoi
In winter the Stelvio road ends at Trafoi: the seasonal closure of the pass starts here, and you can drive up as far as the village all year round. About a hundred people live here, in houses scattered between 1,450 and 1,600 metres in the Trafoi valley, a side valley of the Sulden valley (Val di Solda).
About three kilometres from the village, at the foot of the Ortler, are the Three Holy Springs. Legend has it that in the 13th century a shepherd named Moritz saw three springs burst from the rock, each carrying a cross, and managed to catch two of the crosses. The place is a pilgrimage site: the image of the Virgin spends the summer in the little church at the springs and the winter in Trafoi's parish church.
The first ascent of the Ortler set out from Trafoi: on 27 September 1804 the chamois hunter Josef Pichler led the climb by the Hintere Wandlen, with no rope or ice axe, on the orders of Archduke Johann of Austria. Tourism followed the pass road: the Hotel Trafoi opened in 1896 and burned to the ground in 1917, during the mountain war. Today naturatrafoi, a visitor centre of the Stelvio National Park, stands on the road, devoted to the geology of the Ortler and life at high altitude.
In winter the village has a small ski area, with about ten kilometres of pistes. Before you head up towards the hairpins, the picture from 2,090 metres shows at what altitude the snow begins. Explore the other Val Venosta webcams, those of the Stelvio Pass, Malles or the map.
Did you know?
Trafoi (1,543 m) is the home village of Gustav Thöni, Olympic champion and four-time winner of the Ski World Cup.