There is a marked route up the Großer Hundstod for sure-footed mountain walkers with a head for heights that runs from the Ingolstädter Haus along the steep southern flank across schrofen and scree taking a good hour to reach the summit. The Ingolstädter Haus is reached as follows: either from the Salzburg Saalach valley near Pürzlbach past the Dießbach Reservoir (in ca. 4 hrs); from St. Bartholomä on the Königssee lake via the Kärlingerhaus (in ca. 6 hrs) or from Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden via the Wimbachgries Hut and the Hundstodgatterl (in ca. 6 hrs).