The Windauer Ache is a mountain stream in
Tyrol,
Austria, in the scenic
Windautal valley in the
Kitzbühel Alps.
The Ache rises on the
Reinkarsee
Reinkarsee is a lake of Tyrol, Austria, northeast of the Kröndlhorn. It is drained by the Windauer Ache, a tributary of the Brixentaler Ache
The Brixentaler Ache is river of Tyrol, Austria, a right tributary of the Inn. It passes through the dis ...
at about , at the foot of the
Kröndlhorn, and its middle reaches run through a roughly long gorge. In
Hopfgarten the Windauer Ache discharges into the
Brixentaler Ache at a narrow point in the valley; the Brixentaler Ache in turn empties into the
River Inn at
Wörgl.
The Ache flows through the municipalities of
Westendorf and
Hopfgarten.
The Windauer Ache is very popular for
whitewater canoeing (grade WW II to WW V).
File:Reinkarsee_050924.jpg, The source region on the Rainkarsee
File:Windauer-Ache.jpg, The Ache downstream
File:Brixental3.jpg, The large weir of Brixentaler Ache near its confluence with the Windauer Ache in Hopfgarten
High water
At the end of July 2006, a severe storm caused enormous damage throughout the entire Windau valley. The flood of the Windauer Ache tore away the stream shoring, bridges and road sections. The investment sum for the restoration - and simultaneous shoring and regulation of the river - amounted to approximately 860,000 euros.
References
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Rivers of Tyrol (state)
Kitzbühel District
Kitzbühel Alps
Rivers of Austria