Valluga is a high mountain in the

Lechtal Alps The Lechtal Alps (german: Lechtaler Alpen) are a mountain-range in western Austria, and part of the greater Northern Limestone Alps range. Named for the river Lech which drains them north-ward into Germany, the Lechtal Alps occupy the Austrian stat ...

. The border between the

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n states

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and

Vorarlberg Vorarlberg ( , ; gsw, label=Vorarlbergisch, Vorarlbearg, , or ) is the westernmost States of Austria, state () of Austria. It has the second-smallest geographical area after Vienna and, although it also has the second-smallest population, it is ...

runs over the summit. It is about 3 km north of the village St. Christoph am Arlberg and the Arlberg Pass.

Vallugabahn

The summit of Valluga is accessible by an

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called ''Vallugabahn''. This consists of two parts: * ''Vallugabahn 1'' has its valley station at 2091 m and its upper station at 2648 m. * ''Vallugabahn 2'' has its lower station at 2642 m and its top station at 2811 m.

Other infrastructures

In summer 2006 a C-band

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operated by

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was installed on top of Valluga. Valluga hosts some

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infrastructures: a

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amateur radio repeater (uplink 145.6875 MHz, Downlink 145.0875 MHz) and a

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. Both have a common

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OE7XVR. Between 2004 and 2010 there was also an

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repeater (callsign OE7XSI) with interlinks other repeaters in Austria, Switzerland and Germany.

Ascents

Ascents from

alpine club hut Alpine club huts (german: Alpenvereinshütten) or simply club huts (''Clubhütten'') form the majority of the over 1,300 mountain huts in the Alps and are maintained by branches, or sections, of the various Alpine clubs. Although the usual English ...

s: * From

Ulmer Hütte Ulmer is a German surname meaning "from Ulm". Notable people with the surname include: *Andreas Ulmer (born 1985), Austrian footballer *Christian Ulmer (born 1984), German ski jumper * Edgar G. Ulmer (1904–1972), Austrian-American film director * ...

(2285 m) in two hours. * 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 Zürs (1717 meters above sea level) is one of the most renowned winter sports resorts in the Alps. Located in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg, almost directly on the border to North Tyrol, near the Flexenpass, Zürs is part of the A ...

(1717 m) in four hours.

References

{{reflist, refs= 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. Mountains of the Alps Mountains of Tyrol (state) Mountains of Vorarlberg