Reit im Winkl is a small village (locally known as a snow-magnet[3]) located on the German/Austrian border in the southeastern part of Bavaria, Germany.

In summer, Reit im Winkl enjoys one of the highest counts of sunny days in Bavaria, and is popular with mountain bike and nordic walking enthusiasts.

Reit im Winkl is divided into the suburbs Birnbach, Blindau, Entfelden, Groissenbach, Oberbichl, Seegatterl, Unterbichl and Winklmoos Alm.

Logs were transferred to neighbouring Tyrol for sale: in winter either via sleds with a man sitting in front using his feet to brake and control the sled, which resulted in severe accidents occurring regularly, or via dams which were constructed to hold the meltwater during spring in order to raft the timber down the valley – such a dam can be found on display at Winklmoss Alm.

Because the orientation of the valley made it impossible to sell the rafted wood to the salt works of Bad Reichenhall or Traunstein – which had an enormous fuel consumption – logs were sent south.

The Strength Through Joy movement in the Third Reich and the closed borders after the war boosted tourism as the principal source of income in the region.

The Maserer pass (B305, direction Marquartstein) has been renovated and widened (most recently at the end of the 20th century) – during periods of heavy snowfall, snow chains are recommended.

Because of the need for transport capacities for the sawmills and logs from the surrounding forest a narrow gauge railway was built from Ruhpolding to Reit im Winkl in 1923.