Reit im Winkl
Slope Breakdown
Reit im Winkl at a glance
Reit im Winkl is a ski resort in Germany, part of the Winklmoosalm-Steinplatte ski area. It offers 44 km of slopes served by 11 lifts, with skiing between 700 m and 1,860 m (1,160 m vertical). That makes it the 2nd largest of the 8 ski resorts in Germany listed on Intski. The season usually runs from December to April. Reit im Winkl is particularly beginner-friendly: about 48% of its slopes are easy blue runs.
Top features of this resort
Snow forecast
About 4 cm of new snow at the top (1,860 m) in the next 3 days, none at the base.
New snow and temperature at the top station. Estimated by Intski from the MET Norway forecast, updated every few hours. Where it snows most this week
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An alert when 15 cm or more is on the way at Reit im Winkl, and a heads-up before it opens.
Getting there & lift pass
Nearest airport
Salzburg (SZG) — about 42 km from the resort, straight-line distance, allow more by road.
Lift pass
Adult day pass around 66 EUR (2026/27 season). Steinplatte-Winklmoosalm day pass, high season rate.
About €1.50 per km of piste the pass covers (44 km).
Compare lift pass prices at all resortsPrice source, checked 2026-09-14
Driving to Reit im Winkl
Rules for a car in Germany, checked 30 September 2026 against official sources.
Road charge
No road charge for cars
Winter tyres
Required whenever the road is wintry
Studded tyres
Banned
Reit im Winkl resort facts
Difficulty shares from skiresort.info, applied to the area total.
About Reit im Winkl
Reit im Winkl is a village of around 2,600 people in the Bavarian Alps, in the Traunstein district, pushed right up against the Austrian border where Bavaria meets the states of Tyrol and Salzburg.
Resort Highlights
Germany’s own Tyrol
Reit im Winkl is a village of around 2,600 people in the Bavarian Alps, in the Traunstein district, pushed right up against the Austrian border where Bavaria meets the states of Tyrol and Salzburg. Before the Schengen Zone it was an immigration and customs control point; today the border simply runs through the landscape. It sits south of the Chiemsee and south-west of Ruhpolding, home of the Biathlon World Cup, and the next village down the river Lofer is Kössen, already in Tyrol. Locals and returning visitors call it Germany’s own Tyrol, and the name fits a village facing towards Austrian mountains.
The skiing
There are two alpine areas. The small one is at Blindau, on the Benzeck, with three lifts and a snow-tubing lift beside them. The main one is the plateau of the Winklmoos Alm, reached by the gondola from Seegatterl, which connects across the border with the Steinplatte in Austria; that cross-border pairing is the Winklmoosalm-Steinplatte area in our data, with 44 km of pistes and 11 lifts. Lifts run from 700 m in the village to 1,860 m at the top, a vertical of 1,160 m. The pistes are not graded in our figures.
The plateau has a reputation for holding snow. In February 2012 Reit im Winkl recorded 120 cm, the deepest snow for a plateau area, long after it had melted elsewhere in the region, and our data tags the resort as snow-sure. The season runs from December to April.
More than downhill
Reit im Winkl is a certified Luftkurort, a place of restorative and curative air, and cross-country skiing, both classic and skating, is as much a part of its identity as the alpine slopes: in 2012 it received Germany’s first Premium Winter Trails certification. Snowboarding, mountain trekking and hiking are also on offer. In summer it enjoys one of the highest counts of sunny days in Bavaria, draws mountain bikers and Nordic walkers, and has three alpine lakes, the Weitsee, Mittersee and Lödensee, north-east of Seegatterl for swimming, plus a trout lake for fishing.
Eat like a local
The village has its own specialities: Heumilch cheese, made from cows fed only on hay pasture; Heuschnapps, a liqueur in which mountain hay and herbs are steeped for a distinctive sweet taste; and Reiberdatschi, grated potato mixed with a little egg and flour, fried flat in a skillet and eaten with apple mousse. Together with the traditional-charm and scenic-views flags in our data, they say what kind of place this is.
Practicalities
Salzburg (SZG) is the nearest airport in our data, roughly 42 km away as the crow flies. The village’s official website covers lifts, trails and accommodation.
Frequently asked questions about Reit im Winkl
On the Winklmoos Alm plateau, reached by the gondola from Seegatterl, which connects with the Steinplatte in Austria. There is also a small area at Blindau (Benzeck) with three lifts and a snow-tubing lift.
Yes. The Winklmoos Alm area connects with the Steinplatte across the border in Austria, which is why the ski area is listed as Winklmoosalm-Steinplatte.
Yes. It offers both classic and skating trails and in 2012 became the first place in Germany to receive Premium Winter Trails certification.
A certified place of restorative and curative air. Reit im Winkl holds that status alongside its role as a ski resort.
Heumilch cheese from hay-fed cows, Heuschnapps, a liqueur steeped with mountain hay and herbs, and Reiberdatschi, fried grated potato eaten with apple mousse.
Reit im Winkl has 44 km of marked slopes: 21 km easy (blue), 21 km intermediate (red), 2 km expert (black), served by 11 ski lifts.
The skiing in Reit im Winkl ranges from 700 m at the base to 1,860 m at the top — a vertical drop of 1,160 m.
The ski season in Reit im Winkl typically runs from December to April. Exact opening dates vary by year and snow conditions.
Yes — Reit im Winkl is well suited to beginners. About 48% of the slopes (21 km) are easy blue runs.
Reit im Winkl has 2 km of expert (black) slopes — about 4% of the total.
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