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Opening of the Stelvio Glacier-Stelvio Pass- Passo dello Stelvio

Opening of the Stelvio Pass - Passo dello Stelvio.

Opening of the Stevio Glacier-Stelvio Pass. Passo dello Stelvio

LIFTING PLANTS OF THE STELVIO GLACIER (2760 meters – 3450 meters)

From Friday 7 June open facilities from 7 am to 12 am

STREET INFORMATION:

From Thursday 6 June open from 06.00 to 12.00 (reduced time due to avalanche danger) the Stelvio Road on the Bormio side (Bagni Vecchi) – Quarta Cantoniera

Timelapse on Passo dello Stelvio. Photo: Samuele Errico Piccarini- Unsplash. OPENING THE STELVIO GLACIER. Passo dello Stelvio
Timelapse on Passo dello Stelvio. Photo: Samuele Errico Piccarini- Unsplash. OPENING THE STELVIO GLACIER. Passo dello Stelvio


From Thursday, June 6, open from 14.00 from Switzerland, the Umbrail road. 

From Thursday 6 June open all the time the Quarta Cantoniera Road – Passo dello Stelvio. 

The Bolzano side road remains CLOSED until further notice.

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South Tyrolean passes with 12 meters of snow

Passo del Rombo, Timmelsjoch, Sudtirol. South Tyrolean passes with 12 meters of snow.

South Tyrolean passes with 12 meters of snow

The clearing work is continuing ahead of the summer opening

From AltoAdige.it

The exceptional snowfall, even out of season, forced us to postpone the opening of the main passes in Alto Adige, after a particularly rainy winter. These days the clearing crew is working on the Rombo Pass, on the border with Austria, on the Stelvio Pass, Passo Stalle and Passo Pennes. The snow is able to form walls of 10-12 meters. On the Rombo pass, at an altitude of 2,500 meters, the snow mass accumulated by wind and landslides reached a height of 21 meters.

Timmelsjoch- Passo del Rombo, Sudtirol. South Tyrolean passes with 12 meters of snow.
Timmelsjoch- Passo del Rombo, Sudtirol. South Tyrolean passes with 12 meters of snow.

“Every year mountains of snow are removed. Our road service does its utmost to prepare our mountain roads for the summer season. It is a difficult job but also dangerous because of the risk of avalanches,” stresses councillor Daniel Alfreider . The experts are however confident of opening the passage to transit by the end of May, at the latest in the first days of June.

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