They sit at a height of 1,477–1,500 m (4,846–4,921 ft),[1] and are reached by cable car from Wasserauen to the top of Ebenalp, followed by a 15-minute hike down the mountain.

[4] A series of hermits inhabited the site, and provided food and lodging to pilgrims who visited the chapel.

[2] The cave chapel and pilgrimage were the subject of one chapter of Joseph Victor von Scheffel's Ekkehard: A Tale of the Tenth Century, Volume II.

The layer also contained bones from animals such as chamois, ibexes and wolves, suggesting that the caves served as summer hunting sites.

The guesthouse was included as one of the four most interesting restaurants by the Huffington Post[7] and it was featured on the cover of National Geographic's "Places of a Lifetime" publication (2015).