Valluga Explained
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.[1]
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.[2]
- Vallugabahn 2 has its lower station at 2642 m and its top station at 2811 m.[3]
Other infrastructures
In summer 2006 a C-band weather radar operated by Austro Control was installed on top of Valluga.[4]
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.[5] [6] Between 2004 and 2010 there was also an amateur television repeater (callsign OE7XSI) with interlinks other repeaters in Austria, Switzerland and Germany.[7]
Ascents
Ascents from alpine club huts:
- From Ulmer Hütte (2285 m) in two hours.[8]
- From Stuttgarter Hütte (2310 m) in two and a half hours.[9]
Ascents from settlements:
- From Zürs (1717 m) in four hours.
Notes and References
- AMAP online: Österreichische Karte 1:200.000 (ÖK 200), accessed 2014-01-16.
- Lift-World.info: 45-AT Vallugabahn 1, accessed 2015-01-15.
- Lift-World.info: 6-AT Vallugabahn 2, accessed 2015-01-15.
- 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.
- 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.
- ÖVSV: OE7XVR ATV-Relais Valluga, last updated 2014-11-22, accessed 2015-01-15.
- Deutscher Alpenverein: Ulmer Hütte, 2285 m, accessed 2015-02-21.
- Deutscher Alpenverein: Stuttgarter Hütte, 2310 m, accessed 2015-02-21.
