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]

List Of Abels by Height[8]
Rank Height (m) Name Section
1 1617 Mt Ossa 5
2 1575 Legges Tor 2
3 1560 Mt Pelion West 5
4 1559 Barn Bluff 1
5 1545 Cradle Mtn 1
6 1528 Stacks Bluff 2
7 1520+ Du Cane Range 5
8 1514 Mt Massif 5
9 1499 King Davids Peak 4
10 1485 Mt Gould 5
11 1482 Falling Mtn 5
12 1482 Mt Thetis 5
13 1481 The Acropolis 5
14 1480 Mt Hyperion 5
15 1472 Mt Olympus 5
16 1461 Mt Pelion East 5
17 1459 Mt Jerusalem 4
18 1458 Clumner Bluff 4
19 1454 Turrana Bluff 4
20 1447 Mt Gell 6
21 1446 Frenchmans Cap 6
22 1444 Ironstone Mtn 4
23 1440 Eldon Peak 6
24 1435 Mt Field West 3
25 1431 Walled Mtn 5
26 1425 Goulds Sugarloaf 5
27 1423 Mt Anne 9
28 1420+ Mt Barrow 2
29 1420+ Mersey Crag 4
30 1420+ Perrins Bluff 5
31 1420 Western Bluff 4
32 1416 Mt Rufus 5
33 1413 Macs Mtn 5
34 1410 Mt Emmett 1
35 1406 Twin Spires 4
36 1403 Mt Hugel 5
37 1401 Sandbanks Tier 4
38 1398 Snowy South 10
39 1394 The Guardians 5
40 1394 Wild Dog Tier 4
41 1393 Rats Castle 4
42 1390 Nevada Peak 10
43 1382 Mt Manfred 5
44 1378 Mt Cuvier 5
45 1377 Rodway Range 3
46 1376 Florentine Peak 3
47 1375 Mt Byron 5
48 1369 Ragged Jack 2
49 1368 Ben Nevis 2
50 1366 High Dome 6
51 1365 Mensa Moor 2
52 1363 Mt Achilles 5
53 1363 Mt King William II 6
54 1361 Eldon Bluff 6
55 1350 Mt Rogoona 4
56 1344 Mt Weld 10
57 1340+ Black Bluff Range 1
58 1340 Drys Bluff 4
59 1339 Wylds Craig 8
60 1327 Mt Picton 10
61 1326 Mtns of Jupiter 4
62 1324 Mt King William I 6
63 1321 Eldon Crag 6
64 1300 Slatters Peak 6
65 1290+ Cheyne Range 6
66 1290+ Reeds Peak 8
67 1290 Mt Sarah Jane 9
68 1286 Mt Oakleigh 5
69 1282 Philps Peak 6
70 1281 Mt Inglis 1
71 1279 Mt Othrys 5
72 1278 Mt Murchison 7
73 1274 Mt Field East 3
74 1271 Clytemnestra 6
75 1271 Mt Wellington 3
76 1270+ Mt Pillinger 5
77 1262 Mt Lot 9
78 1261 Collins Bonnet 3
79 1261 Snowy North 10
80 1260+ Bonds Craig 8
81 1260+ Cummings Head 4
82 1259 Pyramid Mtn 6
83 1256 Mt Saddleback 2
84 1254 Hartz Peak 10
85 1254 Horizontal Hill 5
86 1250+ Pindars Peak 10
87 1248 Mt Campbell 1
88 1245 Mt Mueller 9
89 1244 Wentworth Hills 6
90 1241 Mt Ida 5
91 1238 Agamemnon 6
92 1234 Mt Roland 1
93 1228 Quamby Bluff 4
94 1225 Adamsons Peak 10
95 1225 Federation Peak 9
96 1222 Mt Hobhouse 6
97 1221 Mt Shakespeare 8
98 1220 Loddon Bluff 6
99 1213 Millers Bluff 4
100 1213 Mt Victoria 2
101 1210+ Parson and Clerk Mtn 4
102 1208 Castle Mtn 6
103 1204 The Thumbs 8
104 1203 Brewery Knob 1
105 1198 Clear Hill 8
106 1198 Mt Lord 3
107 1194 Rocky Hill 6
108 1191 Mt Geikie 7
109 1187 Mt Arthur 2
110 1184 Mt Nereus 5
111 1181 West Portal 8
112 1179 Mt Tyndall 7
113 1177 Dome Hill 6
114 1172 Camp Hill 6
115 1170+ Recondite Knob 1
116 1169 Mt Jukes 7
117 1164 Trestle Mtn 3
118 1158 Mt La Perouse 10
119 1156 Mt Kate 1
120 1152 Mt Proteus 5
121 1151 Mt Orion 9
122 1151 Mt Sirius 9
123 1148 Mt Sedgwick 7
124 1148 Mt Wedge 9
125 1146 Mt Owen 7
126 1145 Precipitous Bluff 10
127 1144 Mt Marian 3
128 1144 Mt Sorell 7
129 1143 Mt Dundas 7
130 1142 Tramontane 6
131 1140 Mt Beecroft 1
132 1140 Mt Penny West 4
133 1140 Sharlands Peak 6
134 1127 Pokana Peak 8
135 1125 Nescient Peak 4
136 1124 Conical Mtn 8
137 1123 Mt Read 7
138 1122 East Tower 2
139 1122 The Spires 8
140 1121 Mt Maurice 2
141 1120+ Mt Albert 2
142 1120 Mt Victoria Cross 10
143 1119 Mt Hayes 9
144 1119 Mt Patrick 4
145 1112 Mt Wright 8
146 1111 Mt Bobs 10
147 1111 The Chimera 6
148 1111 Stepped Hills 8
149 1110+ Mt Tor 1
150 1110+ West Tower 2
151 1110 Mt Wylly 10
152 1109 The Hippogriff 6
153 1108 The Needles 10
154 1107 Mt Aldebaran 9
155 1107 St Valentines Peak 1
156 1106 Abbotts Lookout 3
157 1106 Mt Scorpio 9
158 1100+ Marriotts Lookout 3
List of Completed Abelists[9] [10]
Position Name Date Finished Final Abel Notes
1 Phil Dawson 17 January 2011 Tramontane Record: first completer
2 Paul Geeves 29 December 2012 Tramontane Second fastest to do a round of Abels: 17 yrs 10 mths
3 Kent Lillico 18 May 2013 Nescient Peak Aged 50 on completion. Was once youngest completer
4 Tony Woolford 22 April 2015 Mt Proteus Record: First family man to complete
5 Andrew Davey 5 January 2016 Dome Hill
6 Malcolm Waterston 12 January 2016 Camp Hill Record: first person to complete all Abels and Scottish Munroes
7 John Carswell 30 March 2016 Mt Geikie Record: longest time to complete: 54 years
8 Brian O’Byrne 9 April 2016 Mt Tor Aged 68 on completion
9 Mark Wright 8 February 2017 The Spires
10 Martin Doran 20 March 2017 Tramontane
11 David Walker 5 April 2017 Mt Othrys
12 Dale Lisson 14 April 2017 Black Bluff Range
13 Maureen Martin 20 May 2017 Mt Bobs Record: First woman
14 David Young 23 February 2018 Mt Proteus
15 Zane Robnik 10 June 2018 Stacks Bluff Records: Youngest completer; second fastest round of  Abels (aged 26 yrs + 2 days on completion, which took 2 years, 197 days)
16 Shelly Napier 13 April 2019 King Davids Peak Second female. Second fastest female to complete. (7 yrs, 5 months, 18 days).  Record:  Youngest female  completer; second youngest completer overall. Age at completion: 36 yrs
17 Graeme Pennicott 02 March 2020 Tramontane
18 Geoff O'Hara 11 December 2020 Mt Nereus
19 David Griffiths 13 December 2020 Mt King William II Record for oldest completer. Aged 76 (2021). No exact data for a record supplied
20 Terry Brain 19 March 2021 Perrins Bluff First Supervet. 73 yrs 10 months and 6 days old on completion
21 Louise Fairfax 10 February 2022 Camp Hill Third woman to complete. Record: First person to climb all the English Wainwrights as well as the Tasmanian Abels. 10 years to complete
22 Stuart Bowling 14 March 2022 Eldon Crag Aged 50. 15 yrs to complete
23 Lewis Taylor 10 June 2022 Mt Wellington Record: fastest completer. 158 days
=24 Emma-Jane Budarick 27 December 2022 Namaste Needles Emma and William are the first couple to complete the Abels together, having done them all together. Bravo you two! (Done in 4.6 years). Emma 35, Will 37
=24 William Gregory 27 December 2022 Namaste Needles Emma and William are the first couple to complete the Abels together, having done them all together. Bravo you two! (Done in 4.6 years). Emma 35, Will 37
26 Becca Lunnon 21 January 2023 Tramontane Aged 36. 11 years to complete. 5th woman
27 John Whiteley 24 January 2023 Mt Hobhouse
28 Steve Griffin 22 February 2023 Namaste Needles
=29 Nitya Malhotra 13 March 2023 Namaste Needles Second Couple to complete all Abels together.  Nitya and Alex are the first couple to take their baby to their final summit: The Needles no less.  Adi is 9 months old.  He climbed Feder in utero
=29 Alex Willows 13 March 2023 Namaste Needles Second Couple to complete all Abels together.  Nitya and Alex are the first couple to take their baby to their final summit: The Needles no less.  Adi is 9 months old.  He climbed Feder in utero
31 Kathy Cotton 02 April 2023 Mt Barrow
=32 Ben Wells 17 January 2024 Falling Mtn
=32 Tracey Orr 17 January 2024 Falling Mtn
34 Jacqui Taylor 01 April 2024 West Portal Record: Fastest female completer 2 yrs 3 months. Third fastest overall. Age on completion: 1 day before 42nd birthday
35 Nick Morgan ??? ???

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.
  8. ^ "The Abels Arranged In Order Of Altitude". The Abel Mountains. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  9. ^ "Completed". The Abel Mountains. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  10. ^ "Abels: The List of top Abelists | Natureloverswalks". 21 April 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2024.


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