Mount Coulthard

{{Short description|Mountain in the country of Canada}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Coulthard

| photo = Mount Coulthard, Alberta.jpg

| photo_caption = East aspect

| elevation_m = 2645

| elevation_ref = {{cite peakbagger |pid = -31871 |name = Mount Coulthard, Alberta |accessdate = November 3, 2022}}

| prominence_m = 255

| prominence_ref = {{cite web|url=https://peakvisor.com/peak/mount-coulthard.html|title=Mount Coulthard, Peakvisor.com|access-date=November 3, 2022}}

| isolation_km = 1.38

| isolation_ref =

| parent_peak = Andy Good Peak (2,662 m)

| etymology = R. W. Coulthard (1875–1946)

| map = Alberta#Canada

| map_caption = Location in Alberta##Location in Canada

| label_position = right

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-zoom = 8

| mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Mount Coulthard

| location = Castle Wildland Provincial Park
Alberta, Canada

| range = Flathead Range
Canadian Rockies

| coordinates = {{coord|49|33|29|N|114|34|13|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = {{cite cgndb|id=IANLM|name=Mount Coulthard|accessdate=2022-11-03}}

| topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|G|10}}

| rock = Limestone

| type = Fault block

| first_ascent =

| easiest_route = Scrambling via NW slopeAndrew Nugara (2014), More Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies Second Edition, Rocky Mountain Books, {{ISBN|9781771600170}}, p. 182

}}

Mount Coulthard is a mountain straddling the border between Alberta and British Columbia in Canada. It is part of the Flathead Range which is a subset of the Canadian Rockies. The mountain is set on the Continental Divide, in Castle Wildland Provincial Park. It is situated in the Crowsnest Pass area and can be seen from Highway 3, the Crowsnest Highway.{{cite peakfinder|id=328|name=Mount Coulthard|access-date=2022-11-03}}

Mount Coulthard is named after Major Robert Wilson Coulthard (born December 6, 1875), a prominent Canadian mining engineer. He was general manager of the West Canadian Coal Company, engineer at Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company from 1901 to 1908, and a Major with the 2nd Canadian Tunnelling Company.{{cite book|title=Place-names of Alberta|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070267029;view=1up;seq=42|year=1928|publisher=Geographic Board of Canada|location=Ottawa|page=38}}Dave Birrell (2000), 50 Roadside Panoramas in the Canadian Rockies, Rocky Mountain Books, {{ISBN|9780921102656}}, p. 138 The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1928 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.