Valluga

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; 10.21306Coordinates: 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 2,809 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

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:

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

References

1. 1 2 3 4 5 Dieter Seibert: Lechtaler Alpen: Alpenvereinsführer alpin, Oberhaching, 2008.
2. 1 2 Valluga on Peakbagger, accessed 2015-01-14.
3. 1 2 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, last updated 2015-01-08, accessed 2015-01-15.
9. ↑ ÖVSV: User-Frequenzen der Digis & BBS in OE, 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.

External links

• Media related to Valluga at Wikimedia Commons
• Media related to Vallugabahn at Wikimedia Commons