The climb from the west starts in Innerkrems (1472m) if coming down from the wonderful Nockalmstrasse (Eisentalhöhe (2049m) and Schiestelscharte/Glockenhütte (2029m) or else from Kremsbrücke (952m) on the Katschberg/Katschbergpaß (1641m) road. It is a bit steep for a short while a shortly before the pass, but otherwise it is a rather easy pass. The road goes to 1761m before descending to ca. 1724m and then climbing via the J-Mehrl-Hütte (1730m) to Schönfeld (1741m) and the actual pass looks like it is just after the Hütte.

The northern climb is on a very narow road (that is not marked as asphalted on any map I know of, despite that it has been paved for many years now). This climb starts above Pichlern (1091m) or above Thomathal (1046m) at 1129m, depending on which direction you came arrived from. The road descends after ca. 2-3 km around 60m before it starts to climb again. The gradients are moderate.