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Also known as Arlberg

The Arlberg (, also: Arlberg Pass) is a mountain pass between states of Tyrol and Vorarlberg in Austria. Ski resorts at the Arlberg include Lech, Zürs, Stuben, St. Christoph, St. Anton, Oberlech, Stubenbach, Zug, and Warth. It is the mountain pass from which the Austrian State of Vorarlberg, meaning 'before the Arl mountain', gets its name.

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Arlberg Pass
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View over the Arlberg and the pass road in winter
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Federal Highway B 197
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Alps#Austria Vorarlberg#Austria
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Location of Arlberg Pass
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Arlberg Pass
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Austria
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Alps

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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • Geography
  • Pass roads and the Arlberg tunnel
  • Arlberg Railway
  • Tourism
  • Ski Arlberg
  • See also
  • References

The Arlberg (, also: Arlberg Pass) is a mountain pass between states of Tyrol and Vorarlberg in Austria. Ski resorts at the Arlberg include Lech, Zürs, Stuben, St. Christoph, St. Anton, Oberlech, Stubenbach, Zug, and Warth. It is the mountain pass from which the Austrian State of Vorarlberg, meaning 'before the Arl mountain', gets its name.

== Geography == The Arlberg connects the Klostertal Valley in the west with the Stanzer Valley in the east. Together with the Flexenpass, it borders three mountain groups: the Verwall in the south, the Lechquellen mountains in the northwest, and the Lechtal Alps in the northeast. The Valluga, which stands as the highest mountain of the Arlberg, and the Trittkopf, southwest of the Lechtal Alps, dominate the pass. Four communities meet: on the Vorarlberg side, Lech and Klösterle–Stuben; on the Tyrol side, Kaisers and St. Anton. The watershed between the Rhine and the Danube rivers runs south from the Albonagrat to the Passhöhe, over the Valluga and Trittkopf, to the Flexenpass, and it traces from the Flexenspitz the southern edge of the Lechquellen mountains westward to the Klostertal.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Arlberg Pass” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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