The mountain itself is located in the Bavarian Forest National Park and streams forming on the north side become tributaries of the Vydra.

[4] In 1947, the big cross on the peak was built by the Catholic youth Sankt Oswald-Riedlhütte, later renovated in 1992 because of a lightning strike.

[6] The most popular tour begins just above Waldhäuser at the Waldhausreibe forester's lodge (1100 m above sea level), which can be reached during the day in summer with the buses that go through the national park.

More ambitious hikers choose the Fredenbrücke (850 m above sea level) below Waldhäuser as their starting point, which can also be reached with same buses, and climb via Martinsklause, Teufelsloch and finally also via the summer trail to Lusen in around two hours.

After 1995, however, due to unusually warm weather, large parts of the old mountain spruce forest were starting to get damaged by bark beetle.