Valluga

Valluga is a 2,809 m (AA) high mountain in the Lechtal Alps.[1] The border between the Austrian states Tyrol and Vorarlberg runs over the summit. It is about 3 km north of the village St. Christoph am Arlberg and the Arlberg Pass.[4]

Plate on summit showing the border between Vorarlberg and Tyrol
Valluga
Valluga as seen from Alpe Erlach
Highest point
Elevation2,809 m (9,216 ft) [1][2][3]
Prominence572 m (1,877 ft) [3]
Isolation10.6 km (6.6 mi) [2]
Coordinates47°09′27″N 10°12′47″E 
Geography
Valluga
Location of Valluga in the Alps
LocationAustria
Parent rangeLechtal Alps

Vallugabahn
Vallugabahn 1 at upper station

The summit of Valluga is accessible by an aerial tramway called Vallugabahn. This consists of two parts:

  • Vallugabahn 1 has its valley station at 2091 m and its upper station at 2648 m.[5]
  • Vallugabahn 2 has its lower station at 2642 m and its top station at 2811 m.[6]

Other infrastructures
Summit of Valluga

In summer 2006 a C-band weather radar operated by Austro Control was installed on top of Valluga.[7]

Valluga hosts some amateur radio infrastructures: a 2-meter band amateur radio repeater (uplink 145.6875 MHz, Downlink 145.0875 MHz) and a packet radio digipeater. Both have a common callsign OE7XVR.[8][9] Between 2004 and 2010 there was also an amateur television repeater (callsign OE7XSI) with interlinks other repeaters in Austria, Switzerland and Germany.[10]

Ascents

Ascents from alpine club huts:

  • From Ulmer Hütte (2285 m) in two hours.[1][11]
  • From Stuttgarter Hütte (2310 m) in two and a half hours.[1][12]

Ascents from settlements:

References
  1. Dieter Seibert: Lechtaler Alpen: Alpenvereinsführer alpin, Oberhaching, 2008.
  2. Valluga on Peakbagger, accessed 2015-01-14.
  3. Clem Clements, Jonathan de Ferranti, Eberhard Jurgalski, Mark Trengove: The 2500 m SUMMITS of AUSTRIA – 443 peaks of between 2500 m and 2999 m with at least 150 m of prominence, October 2011, accessed 2015-02-21.
  4. AMAP online: Österreichische Karte 1:200.000 (ÖK 200), accessed 2014-01-16.
  5. Lift-World.info: 45-AT Vallugabahn 1, accessed 2015-01-15.
  6. Lift-World.info: 6-AT Vallugabahn 2, accessed 2015-01-15.
  7. H. Paulitsch, F. Teschl, and W. L. Randeu: Dual-polarization C-band weather radar algorithms for rain rate estimation and hydrometeor classification in an alpine region, Advances in Geosciences, 20, 3–8, 2009.
  8. ÖVSV: Amateur radio repeaters in Austria Archived 2015-01-15 at the Wayback Machine, last updated 2015-01-08, accessed 2015-01-15.
  9. ÖVSV: User-Frequenzen der Digis & BBS in OE Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, last updated August 2012, accessed 2015-01-15.
  10. ÖVSV: OE7XVR ATV-Relais Valluga, last updated 2014-11-22, accessed 2015-01-15.
  11. Deutscher Alpenverein: Ulmer Hütte, 2285 m, accessed 2015-02-21.
  12. Deutscher Alpenverein: Stuttgarter Hütte, 2310 m, accessed 2015-02-21.
  • Media related to Valluga at Wikimedia Commons
  • Media related to Vallugabahn at Wikimedia Commons
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