Name: The Stairs
Rating: 3.0

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Features River/Creek · Swimming · Views · Waterfall

Family Friendly A good place for a picnic or swimming.

During summer months, law enforcement closes the trail at around 5 p.m. and directs everyone at the river to leave. Depending on the amount of snowpack during the prior season and the swiftness of the current, the trail and river may be off limits during the spring months when the current is fastest.

Need to Know

There is no restroom available. All trash and other items you take down, you are expected to take back up. There is one trash can placed by the Forest Service where the trail meets the river, but this is often full (depending on how many prior visitors there were).

If you decide to swim, take caution in and around the water. Swimmers have been lost here. If dangerous currents are in effect, then follow all Forest Service and local sheriff's office warnings and restrictions.

Description

The Stairs gets is name from the flight of stairs that descends from the parking lot off Highway 190 in the Tule River Canyon.

When you reach the parking lot, be prepared to climb down the stairs a couple hundred feet and follow the rest of the trail a little less than 0.25 miles to the river. Its not a very difficult hike up or down if you're in relatively good shape, but exercise caution as some parts of the trail consist of crossing rock faces with no guardrails.