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Lists in North and Mid Wales

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Welsh 3000s

There are 15 3,000ft peaks in Wales, split into three massifs: the Snowdon group (3), the Glyderau (5) and the Carneddau (7) all in the extreme NW of mainland Wales.

No.

Grid Ref

Peak

Area

Ht
[m]

Ht
[ft]

Drop
[m]


1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15


SH 609543
SH 610551
SH 683643
SH 662630
SH 642579
SH 656583
SH 655619
SH 688658
SH 674651
SH 630595
SH 696681
SH 686669
SH 611612
SH 624552
SH 664594


Snowdon [Notes]
Carnedd Ugain [Notes]
Carnedd Llewelyn [Notes]
Carnedd Dafydd
Glyder Fawr [Notes]
Glyder Fach [Notes]
Pen yr Ole Wen [Notes]
Foel Grach
Yr Elen [Notes]
Y Garn [Notes]
Foel Fras
Garnedd Uchaf
Elidir Fawr [Notes]
Crib Goch [Notes]
Tryfan [Notes]


Snowdon
Snowdon
Carneddau
Carneddau
Glyderau
Glyderau
Carneddau
Carneddau
Carneddau
Glyderau
Carneddau
Carneddau
Glyderau
Snowdon
Glyderau


1085
1065
1064
1044
999
994
978
976
962
947
942
926
924
923
915


3560
3494
3491
3425
3278
3261
3209
3202
3156
3107
3091
3038
3031
3028
3002


999
75
752
114
640
74
48
46
62
237
62
46
224
73
195



Map of the Welsh 3000s Image produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service. Image reproduced with kind permission of Ordnance Survey and Multi Media Mapping.

'Corbetts'

Corbetts are between 2,500ft (762m) and 3,000ft (915m) with at least 500ft (152m) of reascent from all approaches, and in Scotland - 'Corbetts' are the same but anywhere. Applying these criteria to North & Mid Wales gives us ten mountains.

No.

Grid Ref

Peak

Area

Ht
[m]

Ht
[ft]

Drop
[m]


1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10


SH 862223
SH 622533
SH 711130
SH 705546
SH 827369
SJ 071323
SH 716623
SH 564469
SH 836194
SH 658448


Aran Fawddwy
Y Lliwedd [Notes]
Cadair Idris
Moel Siabod [Notes]
Arenig Fawr
Cadair Berwyn
Pen Llithrig y Wrach [Notes]
Moel Hebog [Notes]
Glasgwm
Moelwyn Mawr [Notes]


Arans
Snowdon
Barmouth Bay
Moelwyns
Arenigs
Berwyns
Carneddau
Eifionydd
Arans
Moelwyns


905
898
893
872
854
830
799
782
780
770


2969
2946
2930
2861
2802
2723
2621
2566
2559
2526


670
154
610
595
480
345
180
585
215
385

Wales has 14 'Corbetts', of which ten are in North & Mid Wales and four are in the Brecon Beacons.

'Corbett Tops'

What about the mountains of Corbett height that don't have the required 152m reascent from all approaches? All such mountains, as long as they have a drop of 30m or greater, are called Corbett Tops. The definition and terminology were created by TACit Press and applied to Scottish mountains, in order to neaten and extend the official SMC list of Corbetts. Corbett Tops are the whole group (everything with 30m or more of reascent), and Corbetts are the subset with drops over 152m. There are 25 Corbett Tops in the Brecon Beacons, of which the ten mountains above are also Corbetts and fifteen are just Corbett Tops. These fifteen non-Corbett Corbett Tops are shown in the next list. The Corbett column gives each Corbett Top's parent Corbett.

No.

Grid Ref

Peak

Corbett

Ht
[m]

Ht
[ft]

Drop
[m]


1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15


SH 867242
SH 864233
SH 727136
SH 689692
SH 698630
SH 628611
SJ 066318
SH 620627
SH 703133
SH 677582
SH 674682
SH 710121
SJ 077346
SH 708695
SH 685585


Aran Benllyn
Erw y Ddafad-ddu
Mynydd Moel
Llwytmor
Pen yr Helgi Du [Notes]
Foel-goch [Notes]
Moel Sych
Carnedd y Filiast
Cyfrwy
Y Foel Goch
Bera Mawr
Craig Cwm Amarch
Cadair Bronwen
Drum
Gallt yr Ogof


Aran Fawddwy
Aran Fawddwy
Cadair Idris
Carnedd Llewelyn
Carnedd Llewelyn
Y Garn
Cadair Berwyn
Elidir Fawr
Cadair Idris
Glyder Fawr
Carnedd Llewelyn
Cadair Idris
Cadair Berwyn
Carnedd Llewelyn
Glyder Fawr


885
872
863
849
833
831
827
821
811
805
794
791
785
770
763


2904
2861
2831
2785
2733
2726
2713
2694
2661
2641
2605
2595
2575
2526
2503


50
37
67
73
85
76
32
75
36
63
30
79
75
45
42