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Last updated 17Jul22

The ACT’s Percies

What?

You’ve probably heard of the UK’s Munros and perhaps even Tasmania’s Abels, but what are the ACT’s Percys?

David D, from the Canberra Bushwalking Club (and also the Hobart Walking Club) has put together a similar list of the ACT’s high hills.

Description

There are 68 peaks on the ACT list, all of them over 1000 m in elevation, and 112 possible points. The 68 peaks are referred to as ‘Percys’ after local pioneering surveyor Percy Sheaffe in the same way that there are ‘Abels’ in Tasmania and ‘Munros’ in the UK.  Peaks are divided into eight ‘districts’.

Peaks are grouped into districts and then listed in decreasing elevation.

In all cases the highest point must be touched, regardless of the spot height on the map.  Repeat ascents do not count.

Peaks are allocated between 1 and 4 points.  Points are allocated according to accessibility, scrub, tracks, type of terrain, distance, height to be climbed, proximity to other peaks and ‘status’.  The degree of difficulty is commensurate with that used for peaks on the Tasmanian Peak Bagging lists.

The scoring system is as follows:
0-24 points: downright idle
25-49 points: member of Old Lags’ Brigade
50-74 points: dishonourable peak bagger
75-99 points: honourable peak bagger Belong um JohnnyBoy
100-112 points: Capital peak bagger.

Easy you say?

No so! I think you missed the bit “… the highest point must be touched …“! Try that at, say for example, Dutchies Peak.

Go for them!

So grab the list and go Percy-ing (peak bagging).

Locations

And here’s a map (show in full screen for best results):

Red = 4 points | Yellow = 3 points | Green = 2 points | Blue = 1 point
Click a pin to identify it

The ACT’s Percies

Key to District: HO = Honeysuckle/Orroral; C = Corin; B = Brindabella; T = Tidbinbilla; CN = Central Namadgi; SN = South Namadgi; M = Monaro.