In addition, since this area is short of watering places, it often happens that practitioner of austerities are not able to follow the route, the south of crossroad of ancient times (it is sometimes called minami okugake) in Zenki no Shuku (Zenki station) (Shimo Kitayama-mura, Nara Prefecture), and even now, temples which perform okugake practice (going through the entire distance of Omine seventy five nabiki) are limited.
また、水場が乏しいこともあって、前鬼宿（奈良県下北山村）太古の辻以南の部分（南奥駈と呼ばれることもある）はたどられないことが一般的であり、現在でも大峯七十五靡を踏破する奥駈の行をおこなう寺院は限られている。