The Hohes Licht, at 2,651 metres, is the second highest mountain in the Allgäu Alps after the Großer Krottenkopf.

Neighbouring peaks are, to the northeast the Wilder Mann, the Bockkarkopf, the Hochfrottspitze and the Mädelegabel.

In 1854, during a triangulation exercise, a "survey signal" (Vermessungssignal) was erected.

When the mountain was first climbed for leisure purposes by Hermann von Barth on 6 August 1869, the signal was still there.

Barth reached the summit approaching from the Biberkopf via the Hochalpe and the Steinscharte from the northwest.