[4] Going North the main chain of the Alps connects the mountain with the Colle delle Selle Vecchie, while southwards the saddle of Colla Rossa (2172 m) divides the Monte Bertrand from the neighbouring Cime de Missun.

On the Italian side of the mountain runs a former-military dirt road connecting Monesi (a village of the municipality of Triora) with the colle di Tenda.

The summit of the Monte Bertrand is marked by a cairn and a summit cross and can be easily seen from Upega, a village of the iItalian comune of Briga Alta, and by Morignolo, located in the French mairie of La Brigue.

Its NE slopes are included in the Parco naturale del Marguareis.

[6] The mountain is accessible by an unmarked footpaths both from the saddle of Colla Rossa (South) and from the Colle delle Selle Vecchie[7] (in the second case crossing the Cima Valega).