The Monte Birrone is a 2,131-metre (6,991 ft) high mountain in the Cottian Alps, belonging to the Italian province of Cuneo.
The mountain stands on the long ridge which, starting from the Main chain of the Alps, divides Maira Valley from Varaita Valley.
It rises between two well defined mountain passes, Colle di Birrone (West of the summit, at 1,700 m) and Colle di Melle (1,871 m, East of it).
W of the summit, near the colle Birrone, this kind of rocks border with schists ophiolitipher of the complex named Pietre verdi di Gastaldi (literally Green stones of Gastaldi.
[4] The summit of the Monte Birrone is easy to reach, and the normal route starts from the old military road which run close to the Maira/Varaita water divide.