Lonice / Passo del Cason di Lanza / Lanzenpass - Zuc della Guardia (below the slopes of Monte Pizzul)

Access to the starting point:
We drive to Pontebba (Itali), e. g. from Kranjska Gora and Trbiz / Tarvisio.
In Pontebba, look for the turn-off for Lonice / Passo del Cason di Lanza. The turn-off or junction is just after the turn-off for Mokrine (Nassfeld or Passo Pramolo), which you pass in a westerly direction (if you are coming from Slovenia).
The road is 16 km long, asphalted, narrow and sometimes very steep. The drive to your destination on this road takes about 25 minutes.

Path description:
From the parking lot, walk a few dozen metres along a dirt road towards a yellow building, past which you turn left into the forest (past a large iron cross, and nearby there is a very difficult trail to Zermulo 2143 m). Through a sparse, mostly larch forest, you will reach the turnoff for the direct trail to Zuc della Guardia, which crosses a spring. We do not cross the well and continue towards the Forca di Lanza saddle, 1831 m. Near the saddle, a path branches off to the left, crossing the grassy slopes of Monte Pizzul. This path soon leads to a sheltered climbing section, below which a WWI military bunker has been dug into the mountain. The climbing route starts with a ladder, and is then aided exclusively by ropes. The climbing part to the top is relatively short, about 100 m in height, but it is very steep. The summit is not vast, but there is a cross on the top.

On the way: Forca di Lanza (1831m)

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