It is a high mountain go over the Urner Alps in the canton of Uri in Central Switzerland. The pass crosses the col between the Blackenstock 2915 m and the Eggenmanndli 2448 m tops, at a rise of 2,292 m 7,520 ft.The pass is navigated by a trail, which associates the town of Altdorf, in the canton of Uri 460 m , with the town of Engelberg, in the canton of Obwalden .
The trail frames some portion of the Alpine Pass Route, a long-remove climbing trail crosswise over Switzerland between Sargans toward the east and Montreux toward the west of Switzerland.