[1] On the Bavarian west side of the Hoher Göll massif, the Königssee separates it from the Watzmann, another peak in the Berchtesgaden Alps.

A lower line of hills, to the south of the massif, lies along the German-Austrian border separating the Königssee from the Salzach.

The first documented ascent was made by the ordinand Valentin Stanič from Bodrež in Gorizia and Gradisca, who at that time studied theology at the nearby University of Salzburg and had also climbed the Watzmann peak.

Another popular round-trip ascent of the Hoher Göll is from the Purtschellerhaus mountain hut up to the summit and down to the Stahl-Haus.

[5] The West Pillar of Hoher Göll, reached from the Endstal Valley, features sport climbing routes Scaramouche (8a, established in 1989 by Alexander and Thomas Huber and repeated in 2016 by Ines Papert) and Om (9a, established in 1992 by Alexander Huber and repeated in 2009 by Adam Ondra).