Still Waters Posted December 5, 2018 #1 Share Posted December 5, 2018 Two Welshmen went up a hill, but came down a mountain. That's because Myrddyn Phillips and Aled Williams are surveyors who found a Snowdonia hill was in fact a mountain. While Foel Penolau is over the 2,000ft (609.6m) required to be a mountain, the minimum drop between the col - the lowest point on a ridge between two peaks - and summit was under 98ft. The pair have found that the drop has now increased to 104.6ft, and is therefore a mountain. As a result of the survey, Foel Penolau has been included in the list of Hewitts - hills in England, Wales or Ireland over 2,000ft high which have a minimum drop of 98ft. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-46441129 Quote Foel Penolau – P30 Hewitt and Simm status confirmed http://mappingmountains.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essan Posted December 5, 2018 #2 Share Posted December 5, 2018 It's still a hill Just a separate hill rather than a subsidiary summit according to a specific list. The H in HEWITT does not stand for mountain Personally I consider an individual hill to need a reascent of 500ft so it's all academic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug1029 Posted December 8, 2018 #3 Share Posted December 8, 2018 The American Mountain Club requires a 200-foot minimum drop. But that's America - this is Wales. Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Walt' E. Kurtz Posted December 9, 2018 #4 Share Posted December 9, 2018 A knoll? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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