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When Is A Hill A Mountain?

by John

As this Daily Telegraph article indicates, a hill is officially a mountain if it measures at least 2000 feet. Moel Famau cannot therefore be classed as a mountain because at 1818 feet it falls short by 182 feet. So it’s a rather big hill then!

5 comments

1 Nick { 09.24.08 at 11:00 am }

It certainly feels like a mountain when you’re walking up it!

2 John { 09.24.08 at 12:06 pm }

Hi Nick,

Yes, it does rather! The views and ‘yes, I did it’ feeling are worth the effort though.

3 Nick { 02.03.09 at 9:39 am }

John, Thorpe Cloud or Moel Famau?

4 John { 02.03.09 at 3:19 pm }

Hi Nick

oh Famau any day! I’ve been mountain biking in the Peaks a few times and it was always choc-a-block of a weekend.

Not heard of Thorpe Cloud before …going to have a more detailed search after to read up about it.

Thanks for the link :)

I’ve left a reply – I’m c-john

John

5 The Highest Point In Flintshire | Moel Famau { 02.06.09 at 4:47 pm }

[...] at the highest point in Flintshire at some 555 metres – or 1821 feet. In my earlier post about the height of Famau I detailed the figure as 1818 feet …I can’t recall where I got that figure from now, [...]

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