Plan with
Confidence
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.
Path Type
Point to Point
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.
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