s checkpoint no. 20 in the Harzer Wandernadel hiking system and, for example, can be reached on a steep descent from the summit. From the viewing point the view ranges over Schierke, the Elend valley, Elend itself, the Erdbeerkopf and the Hohnekamm on the far side and the Hohneklippen tor. A castle, the Elendsburg, once stood in the Elend valley east of the viewing point.