The Stairs

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Features River/Creek · Swimming · Views · Waterfall

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.

Towards the end of the descent (and when ascending back from the river) the rock faces can become very slick, especially if there have been people swimming recently.

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 run 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.

Lots of small minnows in the water. Squirrels like to feed around the rocks and trees at the upper part of the trail.