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6545 Hits
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72.08% Score
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2 Votes
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Route |
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Lat/Lon:
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46.46320°N / 13.69650°E |
GPX File:
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Download GPX » View Route on Map |
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Route Type:
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Hiking, Mountaineering, Scrambling, Via Ferrata |
Season:
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Summer, Fall |
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Time Required:
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Most of a day |
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Difficulty:
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Walk-up, medium hard ferrata |
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What's New Here?
- Aug 13, 2022. Interactive map-guidebook embedded.
- Oct 27, 2019. Picture added, description updated, GPS track added (the map below is more accurate).
- Sep 15, 2004. Initial page setup.
Approach
From the parking place at lakes we reach Rif. Zacchi, 1390 m, in 1 h 15 min (road and marked shortcuts, No. 512).
Route Description
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From the hut we use the marked path first going in the SE direction, then it goes by the side ridge of Visoka Ponca more in the N-NE direction. The path is interesting, we move up by open terrain, overcoming a few steeper rocky sections. On some 1620 there is the first steel rope, steeper sections are also later secured. After one hour and half the path crosses the ravine, which is coming down from the notch between Visoka Ponca and Srednja Ponca and soon afterwards, 100 m higher, we reach the crossroads, on 1989 m. The right path ascends towards the summit of Srednja Ponca (and later also branches - one branch goes on the notch between the two peaks). |
Rating the Route (by hiking standards)
Overall: 50 meters of exposed, almost vertical ferrata (graded B/C), the rest is easier.
0. General: 930 m (the upper lake) to 2274 m, exposition W, marked, protected rock route.
1. Effort: 1350 m, 4 h,
2. Power: 3 - medium (needed only on ferrata),
3. Psyche: 4 - hard (only on ferrata - self-protecting recommended),
4. Orientation: 1 - no difficulties, all the time well marked.
Outside link
A good description in Italian language: https://redclimber.it/relazioni/trekking/ferrate/ponza-grande-ferrata/