NC Planica - Mala Ponca / Ponza Piccola (by the jumping hill)
Starting point: NC Planica (931 m)
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Name of path: by the jumping hill
Time of walking: 3 h 10 min
Difficulty: difficult unmarked way
Altitude difference: 994 m
Altitude difference po putu: 1040 m
Map: Julijske Alpe - zahodni del 1:50.000
Recommended equipment (summer): helmet
Recommended equipment (winter): helmet, ice axe, crampons
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Access to the starting point:
a) First drive to Kranjska Gora, then continue driving to Ratečeam. When you reach the roundabout near Rateč, take the exit towards Planica. After a few more climbs, you will arrive at a large parking lot next to the Nordic Centre Planica, where you will park in a pay parking lot. The price for cars is 2,5 EUR / day (September 2019).
b) Via Border crossing Rateče we drive into Slovenia, and then soon we turn right towards Planica. There is a bit of a climb and we arrive at a large parking lot next to the Nordic Centre Planica, where we park in the pay parking lot. The price for cars is 2,5 EUR / day (September 2019).
Path description:
From the parking lot, walk to the foot of the aerodrome, where you will start climbing the stairs (not the metal ones).
(In case the stairway is closed, you can climb up to the jump-off point on the dirt road that starts in front of the first jumps. )
There is a steep climb up the right-hand side of the aerodrome, and at the RTV tower the path turns slightly to the right and transitions into the forest. A little higher up, you reach a dirt road, which you follow to the left (you can also follow the road that starts before the ski jumps), and quickly reach the aerodrome's jump-off point.
Here, below the jump-off point, cross over to the other side of the aerodrome and start climbing the wooden steps again. After a few minutes of further steep climbing, we reach the top of the airstrip, where we have a nice view of the airstrip and Planica below us.
From the top of the airstrip, which can also be reached by chairlift, follow a wide path which ascends in a steep ascent to the right to the road leading out of Rateč.
When you reach the road, follow it to the left and walk along it for a few minutes or until it starts to descend towards Bele potok.
There is a small crossroads, from which you continue slightly right to cart track, which climbs parallel to the torrential graben of the White Brok. At a nearby crossroads, go straight ahead, and when cart track ends, go left onto a beaten track, along which there is a small cairn, and a red arrow on a tree. There is a cross-climb to the left, where you cross several torrents, including the main channel of the White Brok. Once the path is laid, there are a few more crossings, and then we join the hunting trail, which starts a little further on from the ski jumps in Planica.
Here you continue to the right and initially cross a few more ravines, but then, along the ravine descending from Glav, you begin to climb steeply in a series of switchbacks. Higher up, you reach a small cirque, where the trail transitions, and after a few 10 steps it turns left and climbs to the next crossroads, from which you continue to the right (slightly left Glave and continuation of the trail Planica - Pokljuka). Planica - Pokljuka. Followed by a moderate cross-climb to the right, the path from which we open up beautiful views of the walls of Ponec and Kucerjev, but soon leads us under Vratica, where the path again becomes steep and this time also more difficult. After a shorter, steeper gully, we climb up to Vratica, where we reach the national border with neighbouring Itali and from where we have an exceptional view of Mangart and the other surrounding mountains.
Descend to the Italian side under interesting columns, and at a nearby crossroads go right to start climbing again (straight down to the Belopeška Lakes).
There is some scrambling, then a short technically demanding descent, followed by a shorter exposed scramble. On the other side of the torrent, there are a few more minutes of quite steep climbing and, with increasingly beautiful views, you reach the top of Mala Ponce.
The description refers to the situation in September 2019, the pictures are from different periods.
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Discussion about the trail NC Planica - Mala Ponca / Ponza Piccola (by the jumping hill)
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| Tadej31. 07. 2008 |
Vzpon na Malo Ponco je en lepših izletov v Juijskih Alpah. Vzpon na vrh priporočam vsem, ki imate radi mir in lepe razglede.
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| žl1. 08. 2008 |
Se strinjam z Tadejem.Vse kar je napisal drži,jaz sem imela še polno borovnic .
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| pok luka19. 08. 2012 |
Meni osebno en najlepših koncev naših gora.Samotni konci v mojih osmih obiskih sem srečal le pet planincev od tega tri včeraj pa še to le na Belopeški strani Ponc.Udobna lovska pot v mnogih ovinkih premaguje kar precejšnjo strmino(samo markirati ne prosim)Tokrat sem šel le do Vratic(nekaj me koleno heca)pokukal na italijansko stran potem pa na Glave v senco z pogledom na ostenje "tavelikih"Ponc Preživel čudovit dan v meni ljubih koncih in če za konec še Miheliča citiram "če ti pomenita gorska samota in prvobitnost nujen pogoj za doživetje si se napotil na pravo goro,očarljivo goro močno priporočam" 
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| 4324. 09. 2013 |
glede na to, da letalnico obnavljajo in da je planica eno samo gradbišče še opis drugačnega začetka poti (povzeto po Miheliču in prehojeno v nedeljo): sprehodiš se po široki strugi Belega potoka še kakšnih 30 - 50 m dalje od mesta kjer zavije navzgor ter na levi strani oprezaš za potko tam, kjer se rastlinje nekoliko razmakne - zatem ji brez težav slediš, na razpotjih se ravnaš po možicih in markacijah PP posebej priporočam sestop čez Ovčjo stran ampak ni za javnost 
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| metod11. 08. 2014 |
Danes sem šel prvič na Malo Ponco, po navodilih zgornjega opisa in knjige Julijske Alpe - severni pristopi. Izhodišče (stezo ob Belem potoku) sem takoj našel. Po pol ure hoje prideš v predel zelo podrtega bukovega gozda - zoprno. Najbolj sem se "lovil" nad prečenjem Belega potoka. Tam sem šel naprej po kolovozu, ki poteka po LEVEM bregu Belega potoka (gledano dolvodno). Očitno gre podoben kolovoz tudi po desnem. Nič zato, naprej je šlo vse ok.
Sta me pa zbodla tabla in napis (Via Alpina) na Vratcih, ki z italijanske markirane poti lepo usmeri planinca še na slovensko stran, kjer pa markacij ni, je pa kar precejšen labirint poti. Zelo neodgovorno! Na naši strani sem srečal žrtev napisa: planinec, tujec je bil kakšno uro hoda pod sedlom precej zgubljen in pojma ni imel kam naj gre. Če bodo naročniki poti Via Alpina tole brali, naj gredo popravit napako. LP, Metod
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| netline31. 10. 2016 |
29.10.2016
Opravila sva vzpon po Miheličevem opisu (začetek ob Belem potoku in sestop v Tamar). V strmem spodnjem delu po kake 45-60 min hoje so na dveh mestih podrta drevesa. Prehod je močno otežen. Iskanje prehodov vzame dodatnih 15 - 30 min. Od oktobra do pomladi naprej je pristop do sedla bolj ali manj v senci.
V celem dnevu sva od daleč srečala le dve osebi in splašila gamsa.
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| VanSims3. 06. 2017 |
Predhodnik je že nekaj povedal.
Tam kjer sta dve laternativi, tista po kolovozu pred obračališčem na desno odpove, ni več možicev.
Druga možnost pa nas po poti, ki se spusti od obračališča navzdol, pripelje do tistih dreves. Z malo iznajdljivosti ni tako težko. Priporočam obidenje podrtih dreves zgoraj in potem spust nazaj na stezico.
Ko je podrtih dreves konec pa je treba paziti na potko, ki se bo odcepila na desno. Če za ovinkom pred sabo vidimo skalovje, pot pa se začne spuščati (verjetno nazaj v Planico) smo že mimo.
Ostalih posebnosti ni, pot je lepo sledljiva. Majhen problem je pri tistem razpotju za Glave. Tam priporočam dvig proti Glavam nekje do tam kjer zmanjka steze. Z višjega se morda malo bolje vidi šibka potka in mesto kjer se nadaljuje v ruševje. Možici pred Vratci so lepo konsistentni, nekaj podrtih sem postavil nazaj.
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| milenula27. 06. 2019 |
25.6.2019 smo se s skupino odpravili na turo, vendar smo štartali pri zavetišču Slatna, kar pomeni, da smo bili že takoj na gozdni cesti, na katero se pride po stopnicah čez velikanko iz Planice. Malo pred strugo Belega potoka nas je na desni presenetila široka gozdna cesta , precej razdrapana, in na začetku je stal možic. Tega ni bilo v nobenem opisu, a smo se odločili, da gremo pogledat. Med potjo je bilo na dveh mestih potrebno pod podrtimi smrekami, ni pa bilo več nobenih možicev. Struga belega potoka je ostala na naši levi.. Ker smo bili tu prvič, smo se odločili za vrnitev , prečkali smo strugo in šli naprej po navodilih, kjer se je tudi kolovoz, ki naj bi mu sledili , v gozdu izgubil. Pot smo potem vseeno našli, višje in po njej prišli do pravega odcepa. Nazaj grede smo namesto v desno, kot smo prišli, na "glavni" poti zavili v levo, in čez kakšnih 10 minut prispeli do zgornjega dela struge in potoka in ob njej kolovoz, ki smo ga zjutraj zapustili. Skratka, za tiste, ki,pridejo po gozdni cesti ni potrebno prečkati hudournika, ampak samo slediti gozdni cesti ob njem naravnost navzgor... mogoče kakšnih 30 minut. Zdi se, da je to na novo narejena cesta ali????
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