Belopeška jezera - Visoka Ponca (via normale)

Access to starting point:
From Kranjska Gora over the border crossing Rateče we drive towards Trbiž / Tarvisio. Soon after the border crossing, the road in the direction of the Belopeška lakes / Laghi di Fusine branches off to the left, which in a moderate ascent we then follow to a large parking lot at the Upper Mangartsko (Belopeško) lake.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the left side of the inn in the direction of the mountain hut Zacchi. The path at first runs along the forest road, which we leave after a few minutes, because the blazes direct us to the left onto a wide cart track. The cart track along which we walk changes a little higher into an ascending footpath. The relatively wide and well-marked path then brings us in a moderate ascent through the forest in about an hour of walking from the starting point to the mountain hut Zacchi (to here also possible along the forest road).

At the hut we follow the signs »Ponza di Mezzo, Ponza Grande«. The path from the hut then ascends for some time through dwarf pines below the steep slopes of the Poncs slightly to the right and soon brings us to the first steel cables on the path. Here the path turns a little to the left and then ascends quite steeply several times along the steel cable. When we get completely close to the walls below Visoka Ponca, the path turns to the right and crosses a wide gully. A shorter ascent follows a little to the right of the gully, which brings us to a path junction. To the left branches off the direct very demanding climbing path (ferrata) to Visoka Ponca, and we head to the path on the right, which leads towards Srednja Ponca and to Visoka Ponca via a somewhat easier path. The path from the junction first crosses the slopes to the right in a gentle ascent, then turns to the left and ascends a steep grassy slope. The grassy slope is soon replaced by rocks and after a shorter ascent we are again at a path junction. This time we head left towards Visoka Ponca, to the right the path leads to Srednja Ponca and further to Tamar. The path then crosses the slope to the left and brings us to Planiška škrbina (2156 m), where for the first time a view opens to the Slovenian side into the Tamar valley. At the notch the path turns to the left and steeply ascends along the steel cable on a narrow ridge. The path then moves away from the ridge to the south side and first crosses the steep slope towards the northeast in a gentle ascent, then turns slightly to the left and steeply ascends the rocky slope towards the summit. In the last part towards the summit, the path is also slightly crumbly.

On the way: Rifugio Zacchi mountain hut (1380m)