Since it connects two holy places, Koya and Kumano, Kohechi has a function of a "road for the mountaineering asceticism in Buddhism" and it is said that there are remains of lodgings for the mountaineering asceticism in Buddhism and pilgrimage memorial pictures.
高野・熊野の2つの聖地を結ぶことから小辺路は『修験の道』としての性格をも帯びており、修験宿跡や廻峰記念額も残されていると伝えられている。