NC Planica - Srednja Ponca / Ponza di Mezze

Access to starting point:
a) First we drive to Kranjska Gora, then continue driving towards Rateče. When we arrive at the roundabout near Rateče, we take the exit in the direction of Planica. This is followed by some ascent and we arrive at the large parking lot next to the Nordic Centre Planica, where we park in the paid parking lot. The price for passenger cars is 2.5 EUR / day (March 2019).
b) Via the Rateče border crossing we drive into Slovenia, then we soon turn right towards Planica. This is followed by some ascent and we arrive at the large parking lot next to the Nordic Centre Planica, where we park in the paid parking lot. The price for passenger cars is 2.5 EUR / day (March 2019).

Path description:
From Planica we continue along the gravel road towards Dom v Tamarju. Before the road enters the forest, it splits into two parts. We continue on the slightly right road in the direction of the footpath towards Tamar (slightly left is the drivable road, which is closed to public traffic).
The path ahead leads us along the road, which passes the last parking lot of NC Planica, enters the forest and which in winter is converted into a cross-country ski track. This is followed by an ascent along a gentle road that mostly runs through the forest. When the path leaves the forest, there are viewpoints along the path with signs indicating what can be seen. Higher up, the forest thins out or we leave it for a while, so beautiful views of the mountains rising above Planica and Tamar open up. When we are already quite close to Dom v Tamarju, a wonderful view of Jalovec opens up and the path splits.
We continue slightly left (slightly right is the source of the Nadiža) and a few minutes later we join the drivable road, along which we pass a small chapel and arrive at the Planinski dom v Tamarju.
We continue along the marked mountain path in the direction of Jalovec and Ponce (left Slemenova špica). The path ahead leads us through the forest, which quickly brings us to the next junction, where the path to Ponce branches off to the right. We continue in the mentioned direction (straight ahead Jalovec and Kotovo sedlo), or following the signs for Srednja Ponca and Visoka Ponca.
The path ahead takes us out of the forest and begins to ascend to the right of a smaller stream. Higher up, the path turns right again and begins to ascend through dwarf pines on a rather steep slope. The path then turns somewhat to the left and takes us past a small cave back into the forest through which we ascend for quite some time. After several steep ascents through the forest the path takes us out of the forest and brings us to the first steel cables on the path. Here the path turns right and ascends steeply. The steepness soon eases and a traverse of the slopes towards the north follows. Towards the end the slopes become quite steep and we are assisted by some steel cables. The path then turns left and begins to ascend somewhat more steeply again all the way to the main ridge of the Ponce. On the ridge we then turn right (left Zadnja Ponca) and only a few meters of ascent remain to the summit of Srednja Ponca.

Planica - Dom v Tamarju 0:45, Dom v Tamarju - Srednja Ponca 3:15.

On the way: Dom v Tamarju (1108m), Odcep za Ponce (1119m), Na vrtcu (1971m)

Trip can be extended to: Zadnja Ponca / Ponza di Detro ( 45 min) , Visoka Ponca ( 45 min)