Boom Mountain

Boom Mountain
Boom Mountain and Boom Lake
Highest point
Elevation	2,760 m (9,060 ft) [1] [2]
Prominence	458 m (1,503 ft) [3]
Listing	Mountains of Alberta Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates	51°15′03″N116°04′43″W / 51.25083°N 116.07861°W / 51.25083; -116.07861 [4]
Geography
Boom Mountain Location in Alberta Show map of Alberta Boom Mountain Location in British Columbia Show map of British Columbia Boom Mountain Location in Canada Show map of Canada
Country	Canada
Provinces	Alberta and British Columbia
Protected area	Banff National Park [5]
Parent range	Bow Range [5] Canadian Rockies
Topo map	NTS   82N8 Lake Louise [6]
Geology
Rock age	Cambrian
Rock type	Sedimentary rock
Climbing
First ascent	1903 Dominion Survey Party [3] [1]

Boom Mountain is located north of Vermilion Pass and straddles the Continental Divide marking the Alberta-British Columbia border. It was named in 1908 after Boom Lake which is located right under the mountain. ^{[1] [3]} When viewed by an Alpine Club of Canada expedition, a buildup of logs on the lake resembled a log boom. ^{[7] [8]}

Geology

Boom Mountain is composed of sedimentary rock laid down from the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. ^[9] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny. ^[10]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Boom Mountain is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. ^[11] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C (−4 °F) with wind chill factors below −30 °C (−22 °F).

Gallery

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  Boom Lake in Banff National Park. (A part of Boom Mountain in upper left corner of frame)

See also

• List of peaks on the Alberta–British Columbia border

References

1. "Boom Mountain". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
2. Banff & Mount Assiniboine (Map). Gem Trek Publishing. 1997. ISBN   978-1-895526-04-2.
3. "Boom Mountain". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2010-02-13.
4. "Boom Mountain". BC Geographical Names . Retrieved 2013-06-29.
5. NTS map sheet 82N08
6. "Boom Mountain [BC]". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2025-03-26.
7. Boles, Glen W.; Laurilla, Roger W.; Putnam, William L. (2006). Canadian Mountain Place Names . Vancouver: Rocky Mountain Books. p.  46. ISBN   978-1-894765-79-4.
8. Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 22.
9. Belyea, Helen R. (1960). The Story of the Mountains in Banff National Park (PDF). parkscanadahistory.com (Report). Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
10. Gadd, Ben (2008). Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias.
11. Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L. & McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification" (PDF). Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi: 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 . ISSN   1027-5606.

External links

• Boom Mountain: Flickr