Windauer Ache

The graph shows, inter alia, the course of the Windauer Ache, which in the north - from Salzburg border to Hopfgarten - flows.

The Windauer Ache is a torrent in the scenic Windautal in the Kitzbühel Alps in Tyrol.

The Ache springs from the Reinkarsee at about 2200 m above sea level. A. and runs in the middle part by a 4 km long gorge. In Hopfgarten the Windauer Ache leads to a bottleneck in the Brixentaler Ache, which in turn leads to Wörgl in the Inn.

The Ache flows through the municipalities of Westendorf and Hopfgarten.

In whitewater paddlers the Windauer Ache ( Difficulty WW II and WW V) very popular.

The Ache in Talverlauf

The Big weir Brixental Ache at the confluence of the Windauer Ache in Hopfgarten.

Catchment and water management

The Windauer Ache drains a catchment area of about 83 square kilometers, extending over more than 1800 meters to the Kröndlberg ( 2440 m above sea level. A. ).

The average discharge at the level Unterwindau, 0.59 km above the mouth, is 3.42 m³ / s, which corresponds to a relatively high runoff of 41.7 l / s · km ². The Windauer Ache has a nivales flow regime, which is characterized by the melting snow in the higher elevations of the watershed. The average runoff volume is 6.87 m³ / s good five times higher than in the most arid month of January in the water-rich month of May at 1.24 m³ / s

Flood

End of July 2006 has caused tremendous damage to the entire Windautal a strong storm. Here, by the flooding of the Windauer Ache of Bachverbau, bridges and parts of roads were swept away.

The total investment in the restoration - and simultaneously shoring and Regulation - amounted to approximately 860,000 euros.