They appear from the north as a stubby, cone-shaped, firn-covered dome, but from the east as a forbidding, dark rock face.

Sharp, prominent ridges radiate from the peaks to the northeast and southwest, along the main crest of the mountain range.

The twin peaks are the highest points in the summer skiing area of the Hintertux Glacier and, since the end of the 1990s, have been accessible from Hintertux on cable cars and ski lifts; which makes them a popular destination for day trippers.

Their neighbouring peaks are: along the northeast ridge (Nordostgrat), separated by the Friesenbergscharte (2,904 m), the 3,231-metre-high (10,600 ft) Riffler; along the southwest ridge (Südwestgrat), separated by the broad Riepen Saddle (Riepensattel), lies the Olperer, at 3,476 metres, the highest peak on the Tux Crest.

To the northwest the terrain falls away into the Tuxer Tal, and to the southwest into the Zamser Grund.