In du Bocage's map of the region, made in 1820, the mountain is referred to as "Paleo-Vouni" (Greek for Old-Mountain) and Pouqueville mentions the name "Lazaris" in 1826.

The Aoos river flows to the north of Mt Tymphe while its tributary Voidomatis has its sources in the mountain.

The lower slopes are dominated by younger flysch rocks, which consist of thin beds of graded sandstones intercalated with softer, fissile siltstones.

[13] Extended glacial conditions prevailed on the uplands of Mount Tymphe during the Late Quaternary period, ca.

[15] Additional forms of glacial deposits, which extend down to 850 m (2,789 ft) above sea level,[16] include rock glaciers and limestone pavements.

[17] A number of vertical caves and precipices are found in the area around the village of Papingo, in the vicinity of the Gamila and Astraka peaks.

Iliochori, Vrysochori and Laista lie to the east, Skamneli and Tsepelovo to the south, and Papingo and Vikos to the west and southwest respectively.

[22] The GR-20 (Kozani - Siatista - Ioannina) passes close to the western, northwestern and north sides of the mountain.

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) runs an information centre in the village of Papingo.

[24] Although chamois is registered as least concern in IUCN's red list, the subspecies balcanica numbers some thousands of individuals and its population is believed to be declining.

The Egyptian vulture, short-toed snake eagle, rufous-tailed rock-thrush breed in the region, whereas species such as the golden eagle, red-billed chough, rock partridge, alpine chough, wallcreeper, white-winged snowfinch and the alpine accentor are sedentary.

[12] The simplest and most commonly used route of ascent is the one beginning at the village of Mikro Papingo, located at the western side of the mountain at an altitude of 980 m (3,215 ft).

[29] In both cases there are no signposts and the hikers should solely rely on red dots marked on rocks or scarce small signs attached to wooden poles.

From the village of Vrysochori at the eastern side of the mountain, a trail of 12.8 km leads to Gamila peak through the Karteros Pass.

Those routes are poorly and scarcely marked, mostly by dots of red paint on rocks, and are in some cases unclear and covered by vegetation.

Four years later, on 25–26 August 1960, Guido Magnone and Spyros Antypas climbed the northeastern face of Gamila.

Furthermore, some locations in the mountain are isolated and rescue services might find it particularly challenging to access the area in case of emergency.