Trip report by BestHike editor Rick McCharles
There are a few options for climbing Ryten. And connecting other summits and beaches.
A beautiful day, I opted to start on Sandbotnen Beach, messing around for an hour before finally starting up the super popular Ryten hike.
With side trips that ended up about 12km and 673m elevation gain.
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I stayed at the excellent nearby Lydersen Rorbuer hostel.
It is amazing to see beautiful sand beaches well above the Arctic Circle.
It’s muddy to start, though — for a welcome change in Norway — there are some helpful boardwalks.
Part way up there are some pretty lakes.
Sheep near the top of the mountain.
The weather was typical: sunny, rainy, windy, calm … with threatening lightning. 
That’s Kvalvika Beach way down below. I didn’t make the detour but wished I had done so.
Great views from the top.
Ryten summit cairn On the way down, clouds formed in the cooler valleys.
There’s a mountain hut on Ryten.
Of the many famous day hikes I’ve done in the Lofoten archipelago, Ryten is one of my favourites.
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