It lies close to the main chain of the Alps, to which is connected by a brief ridge starting fom a 2,719 metres high minor summit.

[5] The Mont Froid is mainly made of blackish schists with an underlying basement of gypsum.

The area was later included in the ligne Maginot fortifications, and during the II World War saw some fights facing the chasseurs alpins (French Army) and the German mountain troops.

[8] Nowadays Mont Froid is still used by the French Army for military exercise, mainly in winter, to train mountain troops to high-mountain survival techniques.

The itinerary doesn't require alpinistic skills but some hiking experience and is quite popular among hikers also because its historical interest.