Valluga

Mountain in the Lechtal Alps, Austria
Valluga is located in Alps
Valluga
Valluga
Location of Valluga in the Alps
LocationAustriaParent rangeLechtal 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

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

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  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.