In September and October, the three resorts of the Karwendel alpine range host “Farmer’s Weeks". At the beginning of autumn, hundreds of goats, sheep and cows come down from the summer pastures of the upper Isar Valley, part company, and head home to their owners’ barns for the winter. Ancient customs, precious Upper Bavarian costumes, Christian festivals and regional products say a great deal about the Bavarian way of life. "Who has the most beautiful goat?" they say in the centre of Mittenwald, after the “Driving of the goats". The ‘Best Sheep’ is honoured a week later, after the bleating flocks and their shepherds have come down through the Geigenbauort at the foot of the Karwendel mountains.

the harvest in particular is celebrated, following an old custom. The Christian Harvest Festival is celebrated with a festive procession through the village. Locals and guests haul the elaborately decorated Harvest Crown through the village. Finally, all gather at the Church of St. Sebastian to receive the final blessing.