Abstract: A ladder mounted gutter protector comprising: a ladder protector formed in a planar configuration and shaped into a generally L-shaped orientation, the protector having an upper region, a lower region, and a central region therebetween, the lower region being formed in a generally rectangular configuration, the central region being shaped in a generally planar configuration and formed contiguously with the lower region, the central region being slanted from the lower region at an angle of between about one hundred and one hundred and eighty degrees, the upper region being formed in a generally J-shaped orientation, the long portion of the J extending from the long side edge of the central region at an angle of between about forty-five and one hundred and thirty-five degrees, the apparatus adapted to be coupled to a ladder in the operative orientation, the apparatus permitting the user to position a ladder against a house or building without damaging adjacent gutters.