An Abel is a Tasmanian mountain which has a minimum height of 1100m and has a summit or minimum drop of 150 m on all four sides.

Tasmania has a wild soul. 51% of Tasmania’s land area has been given some form of reservation classification and whether you’re lucky enough to live in Tasmania or just visiting our island you will quickly realise how accessible our wilderness areas are. We are one of the most mountainous islands in the world with accessible and low-lying peaks.

Bill Wilkinson coined the term for these mountains which meet the above criteria after Abel Tasman the first European to sight them and at last count there is 158 Abels in total scattered across the state. To date, only 15 hikers (14 male and 1 female) have recorded completing and summitting all the Abels.