Skihist Mountain, also sometimes referred to as Skihist Peak, is the highest
mountain
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in the
Cantilever Range and in southwestern
British Columbia
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,
Canada
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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
Lillooet Ranges
The Lillooet Ranges are the southeasternmost subdivision of the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains of British Columbia. They are located between the drainage of the Lillooet River and Harrison Lake on the west and the canyon of the Fraser Rive ...
, which lie between the
Lillooet
Lillooet () is a district municipality in the Squamish-Lillooet region of southwestern British Columbia. The town is on the west shore of the Fraser River immediately north of the Seton River mouth. On BC Highway 99, the locality is by road abo ...
and
Fraser River
The Fraser River is the longest river within British Columbia, Canada, rising at Fraser Pass near Blackrock Mountain in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for , into the Strait of Georgia just south of the City of Vancouver. The river's annual ...
s, south of the
Gates Valley 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
Stein River. 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
James Teit
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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".
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.
See also
*
Geography of British Columbia
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*
Petlushkwohap Mountain
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