Monte Bertrand

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Monte Bertrand

| other_name = {{langx|fr|Mont Bertrand}}

| photo = Monte Bertrand and Colla Rossa.png

| photo_caption =

| elevation_m = 2480

| elevation_ref = {{Cite map | title = carta in scala 1:25.000 n.16 "Parco del Marguareis" | publisher = Fraternali | location = Ciriè }}

| prominence_m= 383

| prominence_ref= Key col: Colle delle Selle Vecchie or Col de la Celle Vieille (2097 m)

| range = Ligurian Alps

| parent_peak =

| listing = Alpine mountains 2000-2499 m

| location = Piemonte, Italy -
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

| map = Alps#Italy

| map_caption = Location in the Alps

| label = Monte Bertrand

| label_position = right

| coordinates = {{coord|44.1179594 |N|7.6745752 |E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref =

| topo =

| type =

| age =

| easiest_route =unmarked footpath

| first_ascent = ancestral

}}

Monte Bertrand (Italian) or Mont Bertrand (French) is a mountain located on the French-Italian border between Piemonte and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

History

File:Monte Bertrand dal Monte della Guardia.png]]

The mountain up to World War II was totally belonging to Italy but, following the Paris Peace Treaties, signed in February 1947, is now shared between Italy and France.Trattato di pace tra Italia ed Alleati, treaty text on [http://www.instoria.it/home/trattato_pace_italia_alleati.htm www.instoria.it] (access-date: 2019-07-14)

Geography

File:Monte_Bertrand_summit_cross_and_cairn.png

The mountain belongs to the Ligurian Alps and is located on the main chain of the Alps. On its top three ridges meet; one of them heads West dividing two tributary valleys of the Roya, Vallon du Réfrei (north) and Vallon du Morignole.Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière, official 1:25.000 map on [https://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/carte www.geoportail.gouv.fr] 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.

= SOIUSA classification =

According to the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way:{{cite book

| last = Marazzi | first = Sergio

| title = Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA

| publisher = Priuli & Verlucca

| year = 2005 | language = it | page = 62

| isbn = 978-88-8068-273-8

}}

main part = Western Alps
major sector = South Western Alps
section = Ligurian Alps
subsection = (It:Alpi del Marguareis/Fr:Alpes Liguriennes Occidentales)
supergroup = (It:Catena del Saccarello /Fr:Chaîne du Mont Saccarel)
group = (It:Gruppo del Monte Saccarello /Fr:Groupe du Mont Saccarel)
subgroup = (It:Nodo del Monte Saccarello /Fr:Nœud du Mont Saccarel)
code = I/A-1.II-A.1.a

Environment

The mountain is made of steep but regular and mainly grassy slopes on its western side, and is rockier on the eastern one. Its NE slopes are included in the Parco naturale del Marguareis.On-line map published by the park, see [http://www.parcomarguareis.it/WebContents/CMS/Menu_120/Module_99/parco%20marguareis%202012_205.pdf www.parcomarguareis.it] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201042500/http://www.parcomarguareis.it/WebContents/CMS/Menu_120/Module_99/parco%20marguareis%202012_205.pdf |date=2017-12-01 }}

Hiking

The mountain is accessible by an unmarked footpaths both from the saddle of Colla Rossa (South) and from the Colle delle Selle Vecchie{{ Cite web | url = https://www.gulliver.it/itinerario/9392/ | language = it | access-date = 2019-07-14 | title = Bertrand (Monte) da Upega, anello per Colla Rossa, Cima di Velega, Colle Selle Vecchie | date = 2010-08-21 | author = enri1039 }} (in the second case crossing the Cima Valega).

Maps

{{Cite map | title = Cartografia ufficiale italiana in scala 1:25.000 e 1:100.000 | url = http://www.pcn.minambiente.it/viewer/ | publisher = Istituto Geografico Militare }}
{{Cite map | title = Géoportail (French official maps) | publisher = Institut géographique national | url = http://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/accueil }}
{{Cite map | title = Carta in scala 1:50.000 n. 8 Alpi Marittime e Liguri | publisher = Istituto Geografico Centrale | location = Torino }}