ACL Arete

ACL Arete is a good route that climbs the right side of Bridge Mountain. As a long 5.10 route in Zion, this is safe with generally excellent rock and a couple of great pitches. The full route is 19 pitches, but many parties stop after P10.

P1 28m 5.10+: Awesome entrance moves through an overhang into a featured finger crack. Two bolts. Bolted belay.

P1 Var 5.7+: The Handicappped Ramp. Start up and right around the corner. Passing a couple bolts trending left to the same belay.

P2 30m 5.7+ :Thrutch up wide corner passing a stubborn bush. Slide up and right to a stance and two bolt belay

P3 20m 5.8+ : Pass one bolt to a bouldery move in a corner, shuffle up and right passing a couple bolts to a two bolt belay below the chocolate face

P4 30m 5.10+: Excellent rock, fun moves and an airy position make this a great pitch. Fully bolt protected with a fixed belay on Meniscus Manor

P4 Var (Blue Hangers) 5.10c 30m: This is a wild and exposed pitch that tests your face climbing skills. There are some exiting exit moves to Meniscus Manor

P5 25m 5.10+: Follow the corner to the first bolt then angle left to the bluge split by a hand crack, jam out this to the Arizona Hot Pocket belay below the chimney

P6 30m 5.8: Climb the featured chimney to the choss stuffed gully and skip the anchor (this is the descent) stay on the face passing a couple bolts and up a choss ramp to the base of a leaning pillar

P7 28m 5.10-: Step up and left onto the awesome patina face gaining exposer to an excellent belay ledge

P8 30m 5.10-: Climb up the wide corner step over a gap and enjoy more patina to a wild and airy stance. This is easily linked into P9

P9 15m 5.9: Clip the bolts up the exposed patina face or stay right up the crack to the top of the pillar and excellent belay ledge (false summit)

P10 22m 5.9: Slide the belay over to the 2 bolts. Step out over 1k of exposer to the valley floor enjoy patina climbing passing bolts with the occasional cam placment. The belay is up and over the lip on a large sandy ledge.

The classic climbing ends here

P11-19 From the top of the 10th. 4th class up right into the cleft. Look for bolts on a slab. Follow these for 2 pitches to a large sandy ledge. Slide right about a 100? feet to a gully system. Climb up and over the chockstone and head right. Keep climbing up and make a hard right around a corner and onto easier ground to the summit. 5.8

Descent: From summit retrace the way you came up. Where it looks like you want to start rappelling look for a rap station under an overhang. Pretty much rap straight down, The anchors should appear as you go. I don't recall any rope stretchers. And all should be on a good ledge. You could always bring a hand drill for security on the upper pitches. Find the top of P10 and the raps are single 70m raps following the line of climbing back to the packs.

A single set from fingers to #4 camalot with a couple extra in the .5-#2 camalot range. Stoppers are useful. A bunch of slings and draws. One 70 m rope.