During my 2024 trip to Lofoten, I spent five days based in Reine, exploring the breathtakingly picturesque landscapes of the entire region. One of the highlights of my time there was hiking Reinebringen. While not a long trek, it involves a climb of 2000 sherpa steps, gaining approximately 1300 feet in elevation. The panoramic views from the summit were simply jaw-dropping. To make the climb easier on my knee and legs, I packed light, taking only one lens with me—my wide-angle. This limited my photographic options, especially since the space at the top is quite small. There was a possibility to climb a bit higher for different perspectives, but it felt too risky, so I stayed put in one spot, soaking in the views and capturing what I could with what I had. I took my time, stopping for several breaks along the way, and was thrilled to reach the top. I'm sharing a few images from the summit of Reinebringen.
Last image Reinebrigen is not something I wanted to post, but thought of sharing just to show how steep the mountain is. The hike starts from the left side of the pathway almost behind the mountain. This is a super popular hike. I am glad I was able to pull it off.
Thanks for taking a look, and I welcome your comments and critiques.
Edit: updated image #4 with landscape version of Reinebrigen
excellent set of pictures; good colors and compositions; looks like the type of terrain you need to be in good shape to get around. thanks for sharing.
Great shots! I can just see where we stayed in Reine way off in the background of the first shot. We considered doing Reinebringen but decided against it because it was so rainy and the trail can be quite busy. Glad to see that you've been posting photos from your trip to Lofoten - I remember you commented on my post a while back.
Great feel in #1, clouds coming to me landscape pulling me back into the image. Water color has a nice contrast to the image in each.
What a view!! Glad you could and did handle the hike, rewarding images
volhoosier wrote:
excellent set of pictures; good colors and compositions; looks like the type of terrain you need to be in good shape to get around. thanks for sharing.
Thank you. To be quite honest, it's impossible to take a bad photo from up there. In Lofoten, all hikes are steep and I am not in the greatest shape but I just took my time getting up there.
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Toothwalker wrote:
A breathtaking scenery. Congratulations Parul.
Presumably the sherpa steps are also breathtaking, but in a different way.
Thanks Paul, you are fortunate to live in such a beautiful country and just few hours of travel to get to these amazing locations. I wanted to photograph sherpa steps but there were so many hikers. I did photograph with my phone. This was one hike I really wanted to do and so glad I was able to pull it off. Actually coming down was brutal too.
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Isodorf wrote:
Beautiful scenery. Mountains and water? Wow.
The scenery up there is absolutely incredible!
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Ross Martin wrote:
Enjoying that first shot especially, the expansive aeriel-type views accented by dynamic cloud angle.
Ross, Yes, the first one is my favorite too. Most of these images are just straight out of the camera with very little PP. One image was uploaded wrong and now unable to change it. I was to post a cropped version of #2.
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Jim Dockery wrote:
Beautiful. Goodonya getting up there.
Thanks Jim, ya it was brutal getting up there but I made several stops. To be honest, coming down was hard too.
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Wezre wrote:
Great shots! I can just see where we stayed in Reine way off in the background of the first shot. We considered doing Reinebringen but decided against it because it was so rainy and the trail can be quite busy. Glad to see that you've been posting photos from your trip to Lofoten - I remember you commented on my post a while back.
Thank you, Reine is so picturesque and this hike is the reason most people stay there. Actually, sherpa steps were installed due to all the accidents they have had in past. I agree, wet weather can be tough on this hike and there is nothing to hold on to. It's very steep. I can see my parked car in first picture!!! Will post few more from Reine and my Rayten hike.
Will post few more from Reine and my Rayten hike.