The Stilfser Joch National Parc
Stilfserjoch National Park covers an area of 134,620 ha amidst the Central Alps. It includes the whole mountain massif Ortler-Cevedale with its side valleys. The nature reserve borders the Swiss Engadin National Park to the north, Adamello-Brenta Nature Park in the Trentino and Adamello Regional Park in Lombardy to the south. This makes it one of the largest and most interesting nature reserves in Europe.
The national park displays all elements of alpine geography, from the glacier-covered high mountain chain (Ortler - 3905m), pastures and sloped terraces down to the valley bottoms of Latsch 650m. Within the borders of the national park are also extensive forests and agricultural areas as well as mountain houses, hamlets and villages inhabited all year round. It is precisely this coexistence of untouched natural landscapes and a man-made landscape cultivated over centuries with alpine farming and forestry that characterises the landscape of the national park.