Valluga is a high mountain in the Lechtal Alps. 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.AMAP online: Österreichische Karte 1:200.000 (ÖK 200) , accessed 2014-01-16.
Vallugabahn
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.Lift-World.info: 45-AT Vallugabahn 1, accessed 2015-01-15. Vallugabahn 2 has its lower station at 2642 m and its top station at 2811 m.Lift-World.info: 6-AT Vallugabahn 2, accessed 2015-01-15.
Other infrastructures
In summer 2006 a C-band weather radar operated by Austro Control was installed on top of Valluga.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.
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.ÖVSV: Amateur radio repeaters in Austria , last updated 2015-01-08, accessed 2015-01-15.ÖVSV: User-Frequenzen der Digis & BBS in OE , last updated August 2012, accessed 2015-01-15. Between 2004 and 2010 there was also an amateur television repeater (callsign OE7XSI) with interlinks other repeaters in Austria, Switzerland and Germany.ÖVSV: OE7XVR ATV-Relais Valluga , last updated 2014-11-22, accessed 2015-01-15.
Ascents Ascents from alpine club huts: From Ulmer Hütte (2285 m) in two hours.Deutscher Alpenverein: Ulmer Hütte, 2285 m, accessed 2015-02-21. From Stuttgarter Hütte (2310 m) in two and a half hours.Deutscher Alpenverein: Stuttgarter Hütte, 2310 m, accessed 2015-02-21.
Ascents from settlements: From Zürs (1717 m) in four hours.
References
Dieter Seibert: Lechtaler Alpen: Alpenvereinsführer alpin, Oberhaching, 2008. Valluga on Peakbagger, accessed 2015-01-14. 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.