The uniqueness of karsttopography in Kinta Valley lies with the spectacular shape of the steep-sided limestone
towers. However, theinstability ofthese hillslopes may affect the vulnerability of the surrounding area. Thus, this
study was conducted with the objective to investigate the failure modes of 9 slopes in the vicinity ofnorthernKinta
Valley, Ipoh, Perak. There were two types of failure modes identified in the study area,which are planar and wedge
failures. Planar failures were identified on slope GL3of Gunung Lang and slope GR3of Gunung Rapat with the
dip direction and dip angle of 280⁰/79⁰ and 004⁰/ 64⁰ respectively. Two wedge failures were identified on slope
QXL1of Qing Xing Ling, Taman Saikat with dip direction and dip angle of 252⁰/82⁰ and 302⁰/74⁰ respectively. A
wedge failure was identified on slope GL3 for Gunung Lang, slope GR1, slope GR3 for Gunung Rapat and slope QXL2
for Qing Xing Ling,Taman Saikat. The dip direction and dip angle for the respective wedges failure were 345⁰/65⁰,
036⁰/ 49⁰, 006⁰/ 64⁰ and 025⁰/60⁰. No failure was identified on slope GL1, and slope GL2,forGunung Lang and
slope GR2, and slope GR4forGunungRapat