Ritamäki, Naturreservat

Established: 1993, revised 2010

Size: 18 hectares

Landowners: State, Private

Manager: County Administrative Board of Värmland

Location: Värmland county, Torsby municipality, about 10 kilometers southwest of Lekvattnet church. Ritamäki is only a few kilometers from the Norwegian border. In Lekvattnet there are signs to Ritamäki. Follow the signs for about 10 kilometers to the parking lot by Lake Lomsen. From the parking lot, there is about 1.5 kilometers of marked path up to Ritamäki. The path is relatively steep and rocky. The road is closed during the thaw.

Within the nature reserve, it is forbidden to:

• drive a motorized vehicle
• camping,
• make fires,
• damage or remove dead wood such as lying or standing dry trees or dry branches,
• picking or digging up herbs, mosses, lichens or tree fungi
• bring an unleashed dog,
• without the permission of the county administrative board to use the area in an organized way for commercial purposes, and for schools and institutions to regularly use the area to carry out scientific or other studies.

The farm is a listed building and the protection includes all buildings on the farm.