Deeside Runners Prominent Peaks Challenge

Deeside Runners Prominent Peaks Challenge

The 2007 and 2008 Challenges proved very successful in providing a focal point / target for club members to get out on the hills and share their experiences in words and pictures.
 After a lay-off in 2009 we are now launching a new Challenge in 2010 based on 1500+ Prominent Peaks. The Challenge is based on the website UK Prominent Peaks (where you can find lots more information and a downloadable spreadsheet if you want to keep track of your accumulated metres of climb etc).

All the peaks are 500+ metres and have a prominence of 100m but you may be surprised at which peaks are included and excluded. That’s because the the prominence of a peak is the height of the peak’s summit above the lowest contour line encircling it and no higher summit (Wikipedia). This rules out some well known peaks but includes some lesser known ones – in most cases it will mean the peak will command a good vantage point over the surrounding area.


The Peaks cover the whole of the UK and we hope that this widens the interest - If a club member was away somewhere they could go for a run and include some challenge points. Alternatively, some races are likely to include challenge points – you’ll be excused having to stop for a photo.

If you are going abroad, we would also welcome blogs on significant overseas peaks.  They all count to your mug.

There is no time limit on the Challenge and it will run on through 2010 and into successive years with members able to claim a reward of a picture mug for every 50 points achieved.


The list of Challenge Prominent Peaks can be found at DRC2010_Peaks_List and an Overview map of all the points at DRC2010_Overview_Map

You can scroll/zoom the map to view points outside the current boundary.


The list shows Peak Name, Prominence, Height and Rank. Since some peaks are of equal rank, you will have to use our list for a unique ranking.  This unique rank number is also used by our maps and the Blog as the identification number and link to the map markers. By clicking on any point on our map you get a popup showing the same information.


The DRC2010 Peaks List also contains lots of hyperlinks to various other maps. A direct (zoomed) link to our own Overview map plus links to Streetmap, Google and Get-a-Map (1:25000)


The format of the blog will be the same as in the past – write up your visit, post your photos and add your name/date/point to the index.

Unlike previous blogs, I am not pre-listing the entries.  If the point you are blogging has not been created, create a new blog and I will (ocassionally) re-order them into number sequence

It would be really interesting to post hyperlinks to other sites giving useful information / pictures about the peaks you have visited. For those of you with too much time on your hands – you might want to post your route. The new OS website gives options to draw routes online (and create hyperlinks for others to visit) although it is still a little clunky. OS Explore