Pretty easy hike with rewarding views. Takes about an hour to get there with few short stops. As you go up Svolvær panorama will unfold. Hike consists of stairs and stones. Stairs were built recently by Sherpas. The main attraction Djevelporten is a stone packed between two rocks looks really marvelous. You can easily climb on it and take epic shot. It actually looks much more dangerous than it is. Its wide enough for stability, just wear good shoes. If you go up for about 20 minutes you will reach Fløya. Keep in mind this is very popular route and you will meet plenty of people.

Amazing views over Svolvær, be aware that the stairs and ascent at the start of the trail can be a little tricky, especially when when, one needs to use his hands to steady himself and climb up the more difficult parts. If you went all the way up to Djevelporten, make the effort to continue to Fløya, and have a spectacular view over Svolvær and the area.

The hike starts with Sherpa steps, built by Sherpas from Nepal (we actually met them working there). The stairs are very sturdy and helps you reach almost halfway. It is physically demanding and after the steps, there are steep rocks and requires good shoes. Top view is absolute prize, the rock itself look scary but is very stable. You can continue your journey to next peak as well.

PARKING: I used the large (and almost empty) parking lot near the Shell gaz station, about 600 (flat!) meters away from the hike’s starting point. Keep in mind to cross the highway twice to reach the starting point. Here you find an other parking: much more busy and much more expensive. At the gaz station I paid ’only’ 60 NOK / 3 hours using the app. FIRST PART (SHERPA STEPS). Physical a bit demanding but technical easy. Nice views over Svolvær. Comparable to the Reine hike but less steps here. Family friendly and not that busy when we (a 47 yrs. father with 13 yrs. son) went upwards (mid July around 10.30). Very busy when we went downwards two hours later. I saw fathers carrying toddlers in a kind of baby-backpack, I wonder how they managed to hike the next part. SECOND PART (DIRECTION TOWARDS DJEVELPORTEN). To the right, a path leads towards the goat peak. We took the left path, although one can argue whether or not this is actually a path. It’s steep, wet, slippery, dangerous and thus technical quite difficult, without steps and worse: without ropes. At the Gygrestolen hike in the Telemark region, fixed ropes were available on less steep sections than here at Lofoten. On our return downwards this part was even more like a hell to us ... Well that matches with the name of the gate we were heading to! At a steep ’halfway summit' nice views appear both over the city as over the nearby alpine climbers at the goat peak. A rather ’unsteep’ part over small and sometimes loose rocks leads to the last part. THIRD PART (SHERPA STEPS AGAIN). A great relief to us: steps lead towards our ultimate goal of the day: the devil’s gate. But climbing up that horizontally stuck piece of rock seemed too risky for us. We witnessed a sporty fearless Swede who did so. Continuing up to Fløya also seemed too risky, so we returned all the way we came from. Because of the lack of ropes, fences and en-route-warnings, I rate this hike a ***. But for more experienced hikers - we saw a group of North Americans almost jogging the second part downwards, wearing sporty shoes instead of climbing boots - this might be a five star experience.

Amazing hike. The normal path is closed right now though. You can find another path just follow the map and instructions they have placed at the normal trail head. I think it’s a bit more difficult at the beginning though. Very steep and slippery.

Good route up even for less experienced one. Depending on condition reserve enough time. Took us bit over and hour up with quick breaks for water. From here you can and i suggest to continue to the top of the ridge. Bit more difficult track, but well worth it. In total with snack on the ridge around 3h. Weekday afternoon in August, we had no que for photos ect. Nice and calm.

Amazing viewpoint regardless of if you don't want to climb on the rock. It's a lot more stable than it seems in photos but definitely scary nonetheless!

Amazing attraction in Northern Norway! I found it accidentally, didn't know there any kind of so cool place exist in this part of the country. This is Must do in Northern Norway!!! Yes, its no easy hike, but if I could do it with my extra 10 kg I gained recently, you can do it too!!! Yes, I had million stops and enjoyed the view and took tons of pictures. Yes, I wasn't in hurry. And yes, I didit and loved every bit of it! You dont needto clime to Foya, because you will see the city views along the hike to the Devil's portal. If you afraid of hights I can assure you the actual rock in between two mountains is pretty wide, stable and big enough to feel comfortable and take pictures as much as you wish. Enjoy the hike, views and the actual attraction - its breath-taking!

Great hike, moderate difficulty by Norwegian standards, but was hard for us. Steep steps and some mud along the way, but the view in the end is amazing!

Pretty easy hike with rewarding views. You can park at the beginning of the trail (for a fee) and then just need to follow the stone steps. Took us 1h to go up and about half the time to get back town. Take something to eat with you and enjoy the view over Svolvær and the Lofoten :)

Great views from the viewpoint just a bit of too touristic place. The way there is smooth and easy, just stairs up. If it's muddy might be challenging.

One of the best hikes I ever participated

I passed on this one but the rest of the crew didn't :) I got some pictures from the top and a straight forward opinion : the view is awesome and taking stairs is good for the buttocks. So ... i recommend

Lot of steps in the first half of the hike, lot of steep rocks in the second half, quite a lot of people in comparison with other peaks in surroundings, however, really rewarding hike!

Upea paikka. Harmiksemme päivä oli sateinen ja sumuinen, joten itse kiveltä ei näkynyt mitään maisemia eikä kivelle uskaltanut kovan tuulen vuoksi kiivetä. Kivelle pääseminen vaatii hyvää kuntoa ja juomavettä. Alhaalla iso maksullinen parkkipaikka, joka maksetaan EasyParkilla. Yleinen, siisti wc ja roskikset löytyy myös parkkipaikalta.

One of the most popular hikes in Lofoten. The views were magnificent. As always bring water and some snacks.