The main ridge continues northwards with a saddle unnamed on the official French maps which divedes the Rochers Charniers from the Punta di Chalanche Ronde (or Pointe des Grands Becs).

[7] The mountain from 1861 to the end of the II World War was on the Franco-Italian border but, following the Paris Peace Treaties signed in February 1947, is now totally in France.

The treaty indeed moved the border east of the Rocher Charniers[1] in order to transfer to France the sovereignty of the neighbouring Mont Chaberton and its fortress.

[8] A military dirt road named Strada militare di Val Morino was also built on the eastern slopes of the Rochers Charniers, in order to connect cesana with the fortress.

[9] The Pointe des Rochers Charniers, when snow is stable, can also be accessed with a quite demanding ski mountaineering route; per l'accesso in sicurezza è necessaria la presenza di neve ben assestata.