 The mountain ridge, the upper area of which is formed of bunter sandstone, belongs to the natural region known as "Grindenschwarzwald and Enzhöhen".The Black Forest High Road (B 500) runs along its western flank and, below the eastern mountainside, is a tarn, the Wildsee.The West Way runs over the mountain leading to Ruhestein, 1.5 kilometres to the southwest.