Forum Peak
Forum Peak rises to 2,415 m in Montana. Mount Cleveland stands 3,190 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Akamina Ridge, a peak 0.7 miles away.
The story
Forum Peak is a summit located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. 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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Wikidata Q5473074, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2415 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Akamina Ridge: 0.7 mi
- Mount Custer: 1.8 mi
- Gardner Point: 3.1 mi
- Boulder Peak: 3.5 mi
- Chapman Peak: 3.6 mi
- Hole-in-the-Wall Falls: 2.9 mi
- Thunderbird Falls: 4.7 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 8.7 mi
- Atsina Falls: 13.5 mi
- Paiota Falls: 13.6 mi
- The Hawksbill: 4.9 mi
- Carnelian Cliff: 11.1 mi
- Bear Mountain Point: 15.4 mi
- The Coal Banks: 23.0 mi
- Glacier Wall: 23.1 mi
- Great Northern Railway Buildings: 21.1 mi
- Weeping Wall: 23.1 mi
- Weeping Wall: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of Forum Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Cleveland | ESE 118° | 3,190 m | 11.5 mi |
| Kintla Peak | SW 227° | 3,079 m | 6.1 mi |
| Mount Merritt | SE 125° | 3,054 m | 15.9 mi |
| Kinnerly Peak | SW 232° | 3,032 m | 5.4 mi |
| Mount Carter | S 182° | 3,000 m | 7.7 mi |
| Rainbow Peak | S 188° | 2,988 m | 8.7 mi |
| Long Knife Peak | W 266° | 2,959 m | 6.2 mi |
| Vulture Peak | S 169° | 2,937 m | 11.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:07 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:55 | 21:45 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 18:54 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 09:29 | 16:46 | 17:42 |
Local time (America/Edmonton).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/2689327989
Day trips start here
- Glacier National Park · 26 mi
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