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All Locations > Utah > Wasatch Range > Little Cottonwo… > Perla's Ridge &… > Perla's Ridge (5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c R)
Red line shows final part of approach. Blue circles are approximate location of belays. Photo taken from LCC road.
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On the right is the headwall. On the left is the steep vegetated dirt. Go all the way to the top of it, then right.
Bobby above the first pitch.
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Jim D
Aug 27, 2015
“Red line shows final part of approach. Blue circles are approximate location of belays. Photo taken from LCC road.”  

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Red line shows final part of approach. Blue circles are approximate location of belays. Photo taken from LCC road.
Bobby above the first pitch.
Perla's Ridge is well upcanyon of all of the Bell Towers, including Waterfall Dome. Photo taken from mouth of Bell's Canyon
The crux section of the endless dihedral. Picture taken on the rest stance. Constant 5.7 liebacking from the belayer to the rest, hardest at the end as it goes more horizontal/underclingy.
This is the back of Perrla's Ridge as taken from where you first hit the Bell's Canyon trail. As you can see, if you go straight South (right in the picture) you'll hit the forest floor after ~200 feet of downclimbing and rappelling. If you go down the shoulder (left from the peak in the photo) first, you have to go quite a ways or you'll be cliffed out.
Pitch 9, you can either go left or right below the climber. The climber can also go right or left from where he is at.
The 7th pitch 5.7R slab, from there the climber goes left to the arete and stays on it, or wusses out and goes right.
The 6th pitch crux ("off-width") from above
Pitch 6 crux (the "5.8 offwidth") from below
The headwall... Climb some low angle (low 5th) to the base of the headwall, and scramble up left throught the trees (3rd). The slabs can also be skipped entirely by heading left early. Or check out all the cool crack systems directly on the headwall!
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The 5.8R chimney in the gully, i.e. the left option