[2] The valley of the Kurzer Grund in the Kelchsau is the starting point of the most commonly used approach route.

It begins near an inn, the Gasthof Wegscheid (1,148 m), which is accessible by car over a metalled toll road.

The path climbs steeply up the wooded slopes above a mountain stream, the Kurzer Grund Ache, to the New Bamberg Hut (1,756 m) that perches on a hillside just above an Alpine meadow nestling amongst the surrounding peaks.

Behind the hut, the path branches off to the Schafsiedel, climbing the steep, grassy slopes in a westerly direction to the picturesque Lower Wildalm Lake (Unterer Wildalmsee, 1,937 m), which is often frequented by anglers.

The path follows the lakeshore for a short distance, before striking for the summit on a horseshoe-shaped ridge above the lake.