The normal route runs from the Zillergrund to the north of the Napfspitze, beginning from the inn on the water meadows. Initially, it heads south towards Mitterjoch through the Sundergrund bottom. It then forks off this road at the upper level beneath the col called the Oberlangleben. It then continues, trackless and unmarked, over extensive, boulder-strewn mountainside to the summit area. There, the route makes its way up gullies to the summit block and continues up climb steep, heavily-fissured rocks to the summit itself (UIAA scale I). Five to seven hours are needed for this long climb.