Skihist Mountain, also sometimes referred to as Skihist Peak, is the highest

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in the

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and in southwestern

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. It is located on the southern boundary of Stein Valley Nlaka'pamux Heritage Park, about west of Lytton. It is the highest summit in the

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, which lie between the

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and

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s, south of the

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and Seton and Anderson Lakes. Skihist Mountain consists of a north–south aligned ridge. Kent Creek drains its northern slopes while Nesbitt Creek drains the south and west slopes. Both creeks feed the

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. On its eastern slopes, it is drained by North Kwoiek Creek, which originates at Skihist Lake, a small mountain lake located approximately three kilometres southeast of Skihist's summit. The peak is most easily climbed via its south slopes, from the North Kwoiek Creek drainage.

Name origin

According to ethnologist

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, writing in 1917, the word ''skihist'' means "jump" or "leap", referring to a giant in mythological times who leapt back and forth between this summit and Akasik Mountain. Helen and GPW Akrigg, in their ''British Columbia Place Name'' book, say it is from ''Sk-haest'', meaning "peak between two ridges".

Skihist Provincial Park Skihist Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located on the Thompson River and adjacent to the Trans-Canada Highway #1 between the towns of Lytton (W) and Spences Bridge (E). The park is named for Skihist Mountain, w ...

is not near the mountain, but on the other side of the Fraser and up the Thompson River some distance, but is so named because it has a good view of this summit.

References

External links

"Skihist Mountain, British Columbia" on Peakbagger
{{Pacific Ranges Two-thousanders of British Columbia Lillooet Ranges Fraser Canyon Kamloops Division Yale Land District

Name origin

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