{{Short description|Mountain on Alberta/British Columbia border in Canada}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Boom Mountain | image = Boom Mountain.jpg | image_caption = Boom Mountain and Boom Lake | elevation_m = 2760 | elevation_ref = <ref name=crdb>{{cite crdb|id=152|title=Boom Mountain|accessdate=2019-08-11}}</ref><ref name=BanffAssbnMap/> | prominence_m = 458 | prominence_ref = <ref name=bivouac>{{cite bivouac|id=1563|title=Boom Mountain|access-date=2010-02-13}}</ref> | range = {{ubl|Bow Range<ref name=82N08>NTS map sheet 82N08</ref>|Canadian Rockies}} | parent_peak = | listing = {{unbulleted list | Mountains of Alberta | Mountains of British Columbia}} | country = Canada | region_type = Provinces | region = {{enum|Alberta|British Columbia}} | part_type = Protected&nbsp;area | part = Banff National Park<ref name=82N08/> | map = Canada Alberta#Canada British Columbia#Canada | map_caption = Location in Alberta##Location in British Columbia##Location in Canada | map_size = 265 | coordinates = {{coord|51|15|03|N|116|04|43|W|type:mountain_region:CA_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name=bcgnis>{{cite bcgnis|id=279|title=Boom Mountain|access-date=2013-06-29}}</ref> | topo_maker = NTS | topo_map = {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|N|8}}<ref name=cgndb>{{cite cgndb|id=JAARR|name=Boom Mountain [BC]|access-date=2025-03-26}}</ref> | rock = Sedimentary rock | age = Cambrian | first_ascent = 1903 Dominion Survey Party<ref name=bivouac/><ref name=crdb/> | easiest_route = }}

'''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.<ref name=crdb/><ref name=bivouac/> When viewed by an Alpine Club of Canada expedition, a buildup of logs on the lake resembled a log boom.<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Boles | first1 = Glen W.| first2 = Roger W. | last2 = Laurilla | first3 =William L. | last3 = Putnam | title = Canadian Mountain Place Names | url = https://archive.org/details/canadianmountain0000bole | url-access = registration | location = Vancouver| publisher = Rocky Mountain Books | year= 2006| page = [https://archive.org/details/canadianmountain0000bole/page/46 46]| isbn = 978-1-894765-79-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Place-names of Alberta|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070267029;view=1up;seq=26|year=1928|publisher=Geographic Board of Canada|location=Ottawa|page=22}}</ref> __NOTOC__ ==Geology== Boom Mountain is composed of sedimentary rock laid down from the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.<ref name=Belyea1960>{{Belyea-Banff-NP}}</ref> Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.<ref name=gadd>{{cite book|title=Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias |author=Gadd, Ben |year=2008}}</ref>

==Climate== Based on the Köppen climate classification, Boom Mountain is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.<ref name=Peel>{{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 |issue=5 | pages = 1633–1644 |doi=10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2007HESS...11.1633P | issn = 1027-5606|url=https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00298818/file/hessd-4-439-2007.pdf }}</ref> Temperatures can drop below {{cvt|-20|C}} with wind chill factors below {{cvt|-30|C}}.

==Gallery== <gallery> File:Boom Lake im Banff National Park.jpg|Boom Lake in Banff National Park. (A part of Boom Mountain in upper left corner of frame) </gallery>

==See also== *List of peaks on the Alberta–British Columbia border

==References== <references>

<ref name=BanffAssbnMap> {{cite map | title = Banff & Mount Assiniboine | year = 1997 | publisher = Gem Trek Publishing | isbn = 978-1-895526-04-2}}</ref>

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==External links== * Boom Mountain: [https://www.flickr.com/photos/gohogs13/22133700953/in/album-72157658456235863/ Flickr]

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Category:Bow Range Category:Mountains of Banff National Park Category:Two-thousanders of Alberta Category:Two-thousanders of British Columbia