Valluga

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.

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.
Vallugabahn 2 has its lower station at 2642 m and its top station at 2811 m.
Other infrastructures

In summer 2006 a C-band weather radar operated by Austro Control was installed on top of Valluga.
Valluga hosts some amateur radio infrastructures: a 2-meter band amateur radio repeater and a packet radio digipeater. Both have a common callsign OE7XVR. Between 2004 and 2010 there was also an amateur television repeater with interlinks other repeaters in Austria, Switzerland and Germany.

Ascents

Ascents from alpine club huts:

From Ulmer Hütte in two hours.
From Stuttgarter Hütte in two and a half hours.

Ascents from settlements:

From Zürs in four hours.