Forum Peak

{{Short description|Mountain on border of Alberta and British Columbia in Canada}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Forum Peak

| photo = Cameron Lake (4176237485).jpg

| photo_caption = Forum Peak in upper right, Mount Custer to left.

| elevation_m = 2415

| elevation_ref = {{cite crdb|id=507|title=Forum Peak|accessdate=2019-08-20}}

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| range = Canadian Rockies

| listing = {{unbulleted list|

Mountains of Alberta|

Mountains of British Columbia}}

| country = Canada | region_type = Provinces | region = {{enum|Alberta|British Columbia}}

| district = Kootenay Land District

| part_type = Protected area | part = Waterton Lakes National Park

| map = Canada Alberta#Canada British Columbia#Canada

| map_caption = Location in Alberta##Location in British Columbia##Location in Canada

| map_size = 200

| coordinates = {{coord|49|00|15|N|114|04|16|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = {{cite cgndb|id=IAFGG|name=Forum Peak [Alberta]|access-date=2025-01-18}}

| topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|G|1}}

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Forum Peak is a summit located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide.{{cite bcgnis|id=3612|name=Forum Peak|access-date=2025-01-18}} It is the southernmost mountain in the Canadian Rockies, situated only 500 metres north of the Canada–United States border. It was named after Forum Lake below the mountain. It is visible from the end of Highway 5 at Cameron Lake, which is within Waterton Lakes National Park, and the mountain is on the park's southwest border.

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Geology

Like other mountains in Waterton Lakes National Park, Forum Peak is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger Cretaceous period rock during the Laramide orogeny.{{citation|title=Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias |author=Gadd, Ben |year=2008}}

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Forum Peak is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. |name-list-style=amp | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 | pages = 1633–1644 | issn = 1027-5606}} Temperatures can drop below −20 C with wind chill factors below −30 C.

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