Skihist Mountain
| Language of origin | Salishan language family Nłeʔkepmxcín language |
| Feature Type: | Mountain - Mass of land prominently elevated above the surrounding terrain, bounded by steep slopes and rising to a summit and/or peaks. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Just N of Cloudburst Peak on the E side of Stein Valley Nlaka'pamux Heritage Park, SW of Lytton, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°11'15"N, 121°54'11"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92I/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 October 1936 on Geological Survey sheet 407A, Ashcroft, as labelled on Geological Survey sheet 557, Kamloops, 1895. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Skihist means "jump" or "leap", so-named because in mythological times a giant jumped (back and forth ?) from the top of Skihist Mountain to Akasik Mountain. (James Teit, Spences Bridge, 1917) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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From [Indigenous language] "Sk-haest", meaning "a peak between two ridges". Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; 1001 British Columbia Place Names; Discovery Press, Vancouver 1969, 1970, 1973. |