Dom v Tamarju - Visoka Ponca

Access to the starting point:
From Kranjska Gora, drive towards the Rateče border crossing, but only to the point where the road to Planica and the Tamar Valley branches off to the left (at the village of Rateče). The road, which climbs moderately, soon leads to the large parking lot at the ski jumping hills in Planica. From here, continue along the dirt road towards the lodge in Tamar, which you will then follow to the parking lot located near the mountain lodge.
The road to the Tamar valley is now closed. This extends the journey by about 1 hour.

Path description:
From the parking lot, continue along the road past the house and follow the footpath marked Jalovec, Ponce. The path passes through the forest and soon leads to a crossroads, where you turn right to follow the signs Srednja Ponca, Visoka Ponca. The left path continues along the valley towards Kotovo sedlo and Jalovec. The path leads us out of the forest and starts to climb to the right of a small stream. The path turns right again and starts to climb through dwarf pines on a fairly steep slope. The path then turns slightly to the left and leads us past a small cave back into the forest through which we climb for some time. After a few steep climbs through the forest, the path leads us out of the forest and leads us to the first cable cars on the path. Here the path turns right and climbs steeply. The steepness soon gives way and the slopes to the north are traversed. Towards the end, the slopes become quite steep and there are some steel cables to help us. The trail then turns left and starts climbing again a little steeper up to the main ridge of Ponc. On the ridge, turn right and there are only a few metres of ascent to the Srednja Ponca summit.

From the top of Srednja Ponca, descend to the Italian side of the ridge (behind the V. Ponca markers). After a short descent, the path leads to a crossroads where you turn right, and to the left the path leads to the Zacchi hut. The path then crosses the slope to the north-east and leads us to the Planiška notch (2156m), where the view of the Slovenian side of the Tamar valley opens up again. At the notch the trail turns left and climbs steeply along a narrow ridge. The path then follows the ridge to the south side and first crosses a steep slope to the north-east in a gentle ascent, then turns slightly to the left and climbs steeply up the rocky slope towards the summit. The path is also slightly crumbly in the last part towards the summit.

On the way: Srednja Ponca / Ponza di Mezze (2228m)

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