WALKING NORTH WALES

Peak Bagging
Peak Bagging is climbing all the mountains in a given list, e.g. all the mountains over 2000 feet in England and Wales. This will take you to new mountainous areas and subsequently will give you a good overview of these mountainous areas.

Peak Bagging in Wales - Definitions

Category Definition Reference
The Welsh 3,000s 15 tops that rise above 915m (3000ft) and have at least 30m of re-ascent on all sides.  
Marilyns British hills of any height with a drop of at least 150 metres on all sides. TACit Tables
Alan Dawson
Hewitts Hills in England, Wales or Ireland at least 2000 feet (610 metres) high with a drop of at least 30 metres on all sides. TACit Tables
Alan Dawson
Nuttalls Hills in England and Wales at least 2000 feet (610 metres) high with a drop of at least 15 metres on all sides. The Mountains of England & Wales, J&A Nuttall
Dewey Height 500m to 609m (2000' ) Drop at least 100' Welsh Dewey
Welsh Council Tops The highest points of the unitary authorities in Wales TACit Tables
Alan Dawson

Guidebooks
Title, Author, Publisher Comments
The Mountains of England & Wales, Vol 1: Wales  J&A Nuttall, Cicerone The bible for those doing "The Nuttalls" or 2,000-footers (610m) in England & Wales, covers the 188 summits in Wales, useful website
The Mountains of England & Wales, Vol 2: England  J&A Nuttall, Cicerone As above but for England
Hillwalking in Wales, Vol 1 Arans - Dovey Hills, & Vol 2: Ffestiniog Hills - Tarrens
Peter Hermon, Cicerone		 A concise but comprehensive guide to hill walking the 2,000-footers and also mountain lakes in Wales - you have to buy both Volumes to cover Snowdonia as they are arranged alphabetically and not geographically
The summits of Snowdonia,
Terry Marsh, Hale		 A guide to the 125 mountains (600m) of Snowdonia (30m drop)
The Welsh Peaks, W A Poucher, Frances Lincoln A pictorial guide to walking in Wales and ascent of principal mountain routes, with 250 black and white photographs, 14 maps and 55 routes. Although now a little dated contains some excellent photographs.
 

Links

Database of British hills

TACit Tables          The Relative Hills of Britain by Alan Dawson

Nuttall                       Nutall-Wales