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The road to Lonice (Passo Lanza) is still closed and will remain so for some time. The damage to the road is serious and will require a decent investment of both money and work, because it seems that the entire slope is slowly sliding.
I went up by bike. On the side from Tablja (Pontebba) there is a locked ramp before the rocky part. Above the Caserute pasture there are also concrete barriers besides the ramp. Passage is possible only by bike (and of course on foot). On the ascent there were some motorcycles from both sides, but they had to turn back.
On one hand it's a pity, because Lonice is a nice starting point for tours, on the other hand with a bike on the ascent (more or less) it's blissful peace.

This is really a good idea, to go from below once to find the path and potentially record a track.
The map does have it drawn, but who knows what the GPS signal is like in the narrow valley, and also if it's drawn accurately enough.

Congratulations, especially for finding the way to Rio Saline. If I'm not mistaken, Dejan already tried that (page 1 of this topic), but didn't succeed.
I also had the same idea of returning via Norina, but due to Dejan's post I changed the plan and went back via Amalija. I just didn't feel like hiking on the road.

Great, thanks.
Good luck.

@Lunatixz, since I'm planning something similar, as self-sufficient as possible for autumn, I'm interested what you did with food and water, did you supply in huts or had food with you, water refilled along the trail?

Via ferrata Julija today. Winter gear not needed.

From Plešivec you can continue north to the first peak in the ridge, Ušje. To there you push through the bushes through "tunnels" or some kind of rocky ditches where bushes don't grow. But you have to go on your knees several times. From Ušje there is a cleared path through the bushes at the top, later you have to follow a modest track downhill through the forest to the junction with the path Pokopališče v Trenti - Staro Utro.
I did the tour in the opposite direction, from Ušje to Srebrnjak.

Abseil (pic 28) perfectly by "PS". Commendable.

Super report on (at least to me) unknown part of the Dolomites.

Yes, it's true.
But as Alessio wrote in topic Vrh Dunje, the problem is the markers who are mostly elderly, work mostly voluntary.
Where path goes through brushwood, can be followed somehow, though quite some brush needs cutting. On grass lack stones where marks can be painted, so not everywhere immediately clear where path goes. There it would be good to put stakes.
On the other hand traffic from this side is quite rare, tour gets a bit of adventurous flair.

Second stage of the traverse, Sunday, 17.10.2021
village Dunja - Dunjski vrh (Vrh Dunje) - Lipnik - Bieliga
In the morning in Mojstrana observing cloud-covered peaks and low snow line, I'm a bit worried that the long drive will be in vain. Still I continue and when descending from Žabnica towards Tablja (Pontebba), the weather improves, no snow visible on peaks either. But when in Dunja I see the NE side of Zuc dal Bora completely snow-free, I finally breathe easy. Really don't want snow on an autumn tour.
To avoid walking along the road on return, I use the bike again. Leave it in the gully at the start of (new) path 601 and drive by car to the starting point in village Dunja.
Leave the road to hamlet Chiout Pupin at the second hairpin and step onto path 602. The concreted path climbs in switchbacks and leads to the top of the hillock where a couple of houses stand. Continue on cart track which soon ends and turns into path. First few meters above gully the path goes over metal bridge/platform, then turns into wonderful path. Quite steep but very even path leads through nice pine forest to top of Clap Forat. Here Dunjski vrh appears. Looks close but looks deceive. After descent to saddle Mincigos, where path 602a leads to valley, the path shoots steeply up. Behind rise Cuel Formian things get a bit complicated. Very steep path somewhat follows "tunnel" through brushwood, somewhat crosses open grass. Among brushwood the saw on my Victor Inox often "sings" and unruly branches learn olive shape. Pity I don't have gardening "Gardena" with me. A few times I wander a bit to find path continuation. Off path on steep grass you can quickly slip or drown in brush. A bit below summit path crosses to west side where there are patches of snow. Passage to summit no longer problematic and soon I'm up.
Summit is really exceptional viewpoint, visibility incredible. Karnic Alps like on palm. In distance spot Peralbo and Coglians. View of Montaž stuns me. Profile from this direction is really exceptional. Can't turn away gaze, which is visible in pictures too .
In complete calm and solitude I lie on summit. If I could, I'd stretch the day to infinity.
Continue towards Lipnik. Path is cut through brush and nicely passable. Obviously main path to summit comes from Lipnik direction. Path soon leaves ridge and drops deep below it. Below Lipnik it becomes obvious that Dunjski vrh didn't seem important to military strategists in WWI, so they didn't build any military path to it. But Lipnik is full of them. Leave the path that turns into tunnel and crosses grassy slope and climb unmarked mule track towards Lipnik. Below summit step on marked path coming from saddle Clap di Jovel and ascend to top. Lipnik doesn't lag in views either. It's also right in the "line" of the rest of the ridge.
Descend to saddle Clap di Jovel and step on path 601 coming from north. Soon turns into wide grassy mule track. When I spot huts on Planina Bieliga, take it directly down across meadow past planina to signpost where road and path 601 meet and start of 649. Down the already known (new) path 601 to road. Nicely laid mule track is real balm for feet. Bike waiting. On descent along road I look at boards with old photos of road through Dunja. In places it was routed quite differently than today. When driving by car you don't notice such things.
At start sad that day is over. Fantastic day and exactly such tour.

Very nice and adventurous tour. Congratulations.
Hiked Primus twice. Once we turned up through the slope under Srednja špica and went to Lipnik, then down Bulfon.
Second time I took the same as you and continued to saddle Čez Potoče, jumped also to Lemež, then descended the normal route because darkness was near.
Both "wegs" are only on Sidarta map, Julijske Alpe, 1:50000. I gave them GPS tracks wishing historical paths not forgotten.
On picture 7 a trail branches right that also goes to Kozji breg, but higher than Bulfon. It is quite damaged from past earthquakes, most from the one causing the rockfall that buried the path to Zaslape. Crossing the rockfall site is quite dangerous, similar to crossing debris under Javoršček, only no one cut the path. I helped myself with ice axe.

I like Jovan's "theory" about three-headed Labrje the most. It has three distinct peaks, maps mark only the highest.

@Hammond
I can't claim there are no other options. In the opposite direction that abseil pillar definitely prevents access without serious climbing.
But maybe from the south. Steep grass broken by rock steps doesn't look appealing, perhaps most promising is the gully between peaks 2 and 3, where the first abseil ends.
Maybe soon the south access specialist will say more .

@Žajtam: with the name it's like this, on DTK25 and Sidartina Bohinj map it's Vrh Labrje, same on Mapy.cz. Unfortunately not marked on Geopedija, nor mentioned in Mihelič's JA guide from 1993. Only PZS JA map, Western part, marks it as Vrh Labrja. If you have additional sources, I'm all ears. But I agree that in Slovenian Labrja sounds better or more correct.
@Lijaneja: since I took photos on all main peaks, say there are three, I used the same method with photo timestamp to find corresponding GPS points and check height. GPS does fluctuate a bit, so I'm giving an average value of a few points at roughly the same spot:
1. peak (photos 17 and 18, where you were): 2306 m a.s.l. (which matches your measurement well)
2. peak (photo 21): 2313 m a.s.l.

On the panorama cutout from Plaski Vogel the height ratio is clearly visible, so it'll be fine.