Spodnje Belopeško jezero - Mala Ponca / Ponza Piccola (on ridge)
Starting point: Spodnje Belopeško jezero (924 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 46.48277°N 13.67503°E 
Path name: on ridge
Time of walking: 3 h
Difficulty: difficult marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 1001 m
Altitude difference (by path): 1087 m
Map: Julijske Alpe - zahodni del 1:50.000
Access to starting point:
From Kranjska Gora over the border crossing Rateče we drive towards Trbiž / Tarvisio. Soon after the border crossing, a road branches off to the left towards lakes Belopeška jezera / Laghi di Fusine, which we then follow in a moderate ascent to lake Spodnje Belopeško jezero. I recommend parking just before the lake, as the starting point of the path is located approximately 100 meters before the lower lake.
Path description:
The marked starting point of the path is located approximately 100 meters before the lower lake Belopeško jezero and branches off to the left from the road into the forest. Moderately steep forest footpath is well marked and mainly follows the northern ridge of Mala Ponca. Along the path, there are several beautiful panoramic viewpoints of the Belopeška jezera lakes and surrounding mountains. A few hundred meters before the cottage and the crossroads, the path flattens, then crosses a gully where ropes and small bridges assist us, before starting to descend gently. When we reach the marked crossroads at the cottage (located a few tens of meters higher in altitude), we turn sharply left, joining the path from the upper lake Zgornje Belopeško jezero, which passes by the mountain hut Rif. Zacchi.
After a few dozen steps, the path leads us to a torrent stream with a pleasant spring flowing through it. Next follows a little steeper short ascent on a wide graduated path which leads us through larch forest. After that, the path turns a little to the left and higher brings us to distinct gully, which is descending almost from the peak of Mala Ponca. The marked path here turns right and after further ascent gets very close to the border ridge. Just a few meters before Škrbina (Vratica), the partially unmarked path (marked only with red dots) turns left and crosses the slopes of the border ridge. The path ahead in a gentle descent crosses slightly exposed gully, behind which we turn right and we are then ascending by increasingly steep gully. After a short ascent, the path brings us to the top of gully between two towers of Mala Ponca. A sign on rock points us left on a steep path, which ascends through dwarf pines steeply upwards. The steep and slightly exposed path brings us to the summit of Mala Ponca in 5 minutes of further walking.
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