It rises 2,050 metres (6,730 ft) above sea level.

[2] The summit can be reached from Krün or Wallgau either via the Soiernhaus on the Soiernseen as an easy mountain tour or via the nearby mountains Seinskopf and Feldernkreuz.

The official hiking trails are not difficult but the other ways require skill.

At the top, King Ludwig II of Bavaria had a pavilion built, which he named Belvedere.

Even today, the construction work on behalf of Ludwig II of Bavaria can be recognized by the fact that the path from the Soeirnhaus up to the summit of the Schöttelkarspitze is unusually wide for such a route, as it is exactly the same width needed for the royal sedan chair and its bearers.