Simon's Mountain Lists: Lists in North and Mid Wales

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Lists in North and Mid Wales

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