Valluga

Mountain in the Lechtal Alps, Austria

Valluga

Valluga as seen from Alpe Erlach

Highest point
Elevation| 2,809 m (9,216 ft)[1][2][3]
Prominence| 572 m (1,877 ft)[3]
Isolation| 10.6 km (6.6 mi)[2]
Coordinates| 47°09′27″N 10°12′47″E﻿ / ﻿47.15750°N 10.21306°E﻿ / 47.15750; 10.21306
Geography

Valluga

Location of Valluga in the Alps

Location| Austria
Parent range| Lechtal Alps

Valluga is a 2,811 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

## Vallugabahn

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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

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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

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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:

* From Zürs (1717 m) in four hours.[1]

## References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Valluga.

1. ^ a b c d e Dieter Seibert: Lechtaler Alpen: Alpenvereinsführer alpin, Oberhaching, 2008.
2. ^ a b Valluga on Peakbagger, accessed 2015-01-14.
3. ^ a b 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.