Alpe Rauz, Mountain hamlet in Klösterle, Vorarlberg, Austria.

Alpe Rauz is a hamlet of about 11 buildings at 1629 m, just below the Arlberg Pass on the border with Tyrol, between the Valluga group of the Lechtal Alps and the Kaltenberg group of the Verwall. Three cable cars — Flexenbahn, Albonabahn and Valfagehrbahn — leave from here into the Ski Arlberg area, Austria's largest ski resort as of 2024.

Farmers from Liechtenstein used these mountain meadows for grazing cattle over many centuries. The shift from pastoral farming to ski resort came much later, transforming how people used this high altitude land.

The name comes from old farming words meaning land clearing, showing how shepherds and farmers shaped this mountain area long ago. You can still sense this connection to the land when you walk around the buildings and pastures here.

The station sits above 1600 meters and is most easily reached during ski season when lifts are running. Visitors should expect cold mountain weather and come prepared with proper winter gear.

Alpe Rauz is a Liechtenstein-owned alpine pasture on Austrian soil: the municipality of Gamprin bought it on 23 February 1914 for 60,000 kroner. At roughly 7 km² it is larger than Gamprin's own territory, and about 200 head of cattle, mostly from Liechtenstein, Vorarlberg and Switzerland, still summer here each year.