According to Fannie Hardy Eckstorm, the mountain's Indigenous name was Psinskihegan-I-Outop.

in 1828 in the Survey of Maine, Moses Greenleaf called the mountain a variation Chinskihegan or Outop.

From the north a trail from the Nesowednehunk Campground to the north peak is 3.1 miles (5.0 km) long and another 0.2 miles (0.32 km) to the south peak.

From Foster Field, to the south, a 4-mile (6.4 km) trail leads to the summit.

Beneath north peak, set in the rock, is a south facing bronze memorial tablet which reads: