The Abels

The Abels are a group of 158 Tasmanian mountains above 1100m and with a prominence of at least 150m.

They are listed in the books The Abels.[1][2][3]

Climbing them all is part of the Tasmanian peakbagging movement.[4] The Abels list was devised by Bill Wilkinson in 1994, based on the Munros in Scotland.[5][6] Many of the Abels are extremely remote, requiring a lengthy hike into the South West Wilderness, including Federation Peak and Precipitous Bluff. The first person to climb all 158 peaks was in Philip Dawson in 2011, and the first woman was Maureen Martin in 2017.[7]

See also

References
  1. Wilkinson, Bill (2016), The Abels : a comprehensive guide to Tasmania's mountains over 1100 metres high. Volume 1, Sections 1-5 (Second ed.), Tasmanian Outdoors Collection (TOC), Forty South Publishing Pty Ltd, ISBN 978-0-9953673-5-7
  2. Volume 2, Part A covers the mid west and the west of Tasmania. It is significantly revised from the 1st Edition published in 2011. Volume 2 (sections 6 & 7) : a comprehensive guide to Tasmania's mountains over 1100 metres high / edited by Bill Wilkinson. Second edition. Moonah, Tasmania : Tasmanian Outdoors Collection, [2022]
  3. Bain, Andrew (July 2023), Climb Every Mountain (published 2023), ISSN 0816-1658
  4. "Home". The Abel Mountains.
  5. Rääbus, Carol (11 March 2017). "Top three Tasmanian Abels to climb this weekend". ABC News.
  6. Bain, Andrew. "Tasmania's greatest mountain quest". www.bbc.com.
  7. "Peaks crushed in 158 climbs". The Advocate. 24 May 2017.


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