Summit up with our mountain
WALES has lost a mountain after one of its peaks was reclassified as a hill.
The 2,351ft Fan y Big, in the Brecon Beacons, was downgraded after being measured.
As well as being over 2,000ft high, mountains are required to have a drop of 98.4ft between summit and col – the lowest point on a ridge between two peaks.
Experts found Fan y Big’s drop to be 5ft short. It was struck off the list of Hewitts – Hills in England, Wales or Ireland over 2,000ft high.
Mountain surveyor Myrddyn Phillips, 57, said: “It is a shame but it is a fine hill.”