Tyttebærdalen is a valley without settlements due to the topography. It is nevertheless well known for its moraine further up, through which the river flows. The University of Tromsø uses this area for its students. Loose debris from the fjord and inland valley have been used for local road construction since the 1930s. From 1985 and onward, there have been large shipments of gravel for roads throughout the North Norway. In the 1990s, a smolt facility was established on the river. Today there is a quarry in the area at the bottom of the river, near the station.
The valley has long been used for grazing purposes by both the local population and the Sámi people. Historically, the Swedish Sámi used this area as a summer pasture for their reindeer. Later it has been used by Sámi people from Kautokeino.
The local population and tourists have long used the valley for hunting and recreational activities, so a good number of people travel there both summer and winter.
Deep in the Tyttebærdalen valley are three large lakes from which the river originates. These lakes are very cold because they are high up and the glacier therefore melts into one of them. The valley expands further up, but the forest vegetation disappears, and heather and rock take over. Grouse thrive here in late autumn, to the great delight of hunters.
Construction on the Tyttebærelva river began in September 2012, and trial operations were completed in September 2014.
A 6-nozzle Pelton turbine has been installed with a flow rate of 1.64 m3/s, which operates with a net pressure of 100.2mVS. The turbine runs a 1600kVA, 690V generator. The voltage is then converted to 22kV before the power is delivered to the grid.
