Valluga
{{Short description|Mountain in the Lechtal Alps, Austria}}
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| range = Lechtal Alps
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Valluga is a {{Höhe|2811|AT|link=true}} 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: [http://www.amap.at/amap/index.php?SKN=1&XPX=637&YPX=492 Österreichische Karte 1:200.000 (ÖK 200)], accessed 2014-01-16.
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Vallugabahn
File:Valluga Bahn outside top station.jpg
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: [http://www.lift-world.info/de/lifts/474/datas.htm 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: [http://www.lift-world.info/de/lifts/475/datas.htm 6-AT Vallugabahn 2], accessed 2015-01-15.
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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: [http://www.adv-geosci.net/20/3/2009/adgeo-20-3-2009.pdf 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: [http://www.oevsv.at/export/oevsv/download/relais_neu.pdf Amateur radio repeaters in Austria] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150115105455/http://www.oevsv.at/export/oevsv/download/relais_neu.pdf |date=2015-01-15 }}, last updated 2015-01-08, accessed 2015-01-15.ÖVSV: [http://www.oevsv.at/export/oevsv/download/pr_frequenz.pdf User-Frequenzen der Digis & BBS in OE] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000107/http://www.oevsv.at/export/oevsv/download/pr_frequenz.pdf |date=2016-03-04 }}, 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: [http://wiki.oevsv.at/index.php?title=OE7XVR_ATV-Relais_Valluga&oldid=13190 OE7XVR ATV-Relais Valluga], last updated 2014-11-22, accessed 2015-01-15.
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Ascents
Ascents from alpine club huts:
- From Ulmer Hütte (2285 m) in two hours.Deutscher Alpenverein: [http://www.dav-huettensuche.de/index.php?pagedef=search&huetten_id=223584 Ulmer Hütte, 2285 m], accessed 2015-02-21.
- From Stuttgarter Hütte (2310 m) in two and a half hours.Deutscher Alpenverein: [http://www.dav-huettensuche.de/index.php?pagedef=search&huetten_id=223928 Stuttgarter Hütte, 2310 m], accessed 2015-02-21.
Ascents from settlements:
- From Zürs (1717 m) in four hours.