On the north side of the Schesaplana is a glacier called Brandner Gletscher.

It is possible to reach the summit on various routes during a hike, making it useful for a multiday trek between the mountain huts in the area.

A more horizontal trek is following the whole of the Rätikon chain along its southern face, called "Prättigauer Höhenweg".

The title character describes them to her grandfather after having seen them both from the meadow where the goats are taken daily to graze, and he tells her their names.

[4] Between 1976 and 1990 a team of scientists mapping the Kössen Formation of Canton Grisons excavated a series of fossil remains on the Schesaplana's southern slope.