The mountain's name first appeared in 1910 when published by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.

[3] The United States Geological Survey claims it was named after SS Bertha, an Alaska Commercial Company steamer in service from 1888 until it wrecked at Uyak Bay on July 18, 1915.

[4] However, according to Bradford Washburn of the Boston Museum of Science and American Mountaineering Museum, this feature was named for a prostitute in Skagway, Alaska, known by members of the International Boundary Commission who surveyed the area.

[6] It was the first mountain climbing experience for Barbara, and Bradford would later refer to the expedition as their honeymoon since they had recently married in April.

[7] Weather systems coming off the Gulf of Alaska are forced upwards by the Fairweather Range (orographic lift), causing heavy precipitation in the form of rainfall and snowfall.