Lonca Round

On the north side of the road bridge over the Lonca, follow a hiking trail marked with the sign "Fughjicce." Along beautiful natural pools, the path follows a water conduit path downstream. At a fallen tree, yellow markings lead steeply uphill to the left, and you do not turn onto a path to the right. A river bend is shortened, a scree field is crossed, then the path follows along the water again and bends to the left. Soon it goes steeply uphill on an old stone path, then crosses the riverbed of the Lonca on a new and sturdy metal bridge. Behind this, the path leads up a talus slope, turns sharply left and passes through dense underbrush briefly downhill, then uphill again, and steeply upwards in tight switchbacks. After a longer ascent along cairns and over scree, a saddle is reached. Here the path turns right, goes steeply downhill again, and reaches almost to the watercourse of the Lonca at the bottom. Where it becomes flat, a path branches off sharply to the left, following the river downstream to a large metal bridge, where you cross to the other bank. Behind that, you go left and continue downstream. The path here is infrequently used and sporadically marked with yellow. You reach a fork where a track leads uphill to the right, and you continue straight ahead along the riverbed and yellow markings. The path is clearly visible again, shaded through the forest and initially along the water, but gradually leaves the riverbed and climbs right into the slope. Finally, in pleasant switchbacks, it goes up an old stone path through rocky terrain to a rocky saddle where vertical rock towers rise on both sides. On the other side, a contour path leads to the right, then goes down in switchbacks and further downhill diagonally westward. After a long traverse on a well-maintained path, you reach the D 124 road, cross it, and arrive slightly below at a fork, from where you follow a signpost to the left ("Evisa/Spelunca"). Between stone walls, an old connecting path leads down to the riverbed and then upstream to an old stone bridge called "Ponte de Pianella," which you cross. Behind it, follow a path to the left, leading over a landslide zone up to a gravel terrace, past a football field, and then up to the road, returning to the starting point.