The start of the route is easy scrambling mainly on the ridge itself. Route finding is not easy, although there are sporadic cairns and small, yellow paint marks. The first potential challenging section comes at around 2400m altitude in the form of a chimney 25m high. A yellow arrow and a metal stake up ahead show that you are still on the right track.

After the chimney the next section is rather exposed and can feel pokey. Most will be glad of a rope at this point. Follow the exposed ridge, including a slightly nerve-wracking step down across a gap. The exposure continues until you find your way back to the crest of the ridge, where you can finally breathe easy again. Downclimb to a small notch and follow easy grassy ground round to the left and into a large scree-filled gully. A vague path winds up through this gully and on to the final summit ridge and an easy scramble is the last section before reaching the summit cross.

To descend from the summit, there is a clear path down the scree slope of the east ridge of the Brandjochspitze. A couple of sections of the path are a little exposed, and there are occasional sections of via ferrata cable, but the terrain is not difficult and will eventually

bring you back to the Frau-Hitt-Sattel. From here the route back to Seegrube is clearly signposted.