The official ribbon-cutting for both the new stairs and a newly opened Swallow Cliff Pavilion isn’t until June 25, but hundreds have already tried the second set of steps, ...

Directional signs instruct visitors how to use the Swallow Cliff Stairs in Palos Township on Thursday. “Our No. 1 concern is the health and safety of our visitors,” Vogel said.

After pictures surfaced of Chinese schoolchildren climbing a cliff on a bamboo ladder in the country’s mountainous west, they may be getting some assistance: a solid set of steel stairs.

A section of the cliff fell early February 13 near the location of the beach stairs at Sunset Cliffs Boulevard and Ladera Street. Surfers and beachgoers use the stairs to get to and from the water.

The stairs between Cliff and Cottage streets in Honesdale, blocked off since 2023, may be removed. Borough council voted to get estimates for the job.

The staircase connecting Peaceful Valley to Riverside Avenue near its intersection with Cedar Street has reopened. Jason Brown gave the stairs a mid-day walk-through, Thursday, July 12, 2018.

The hikers – three women from out of state – became stuck about 1:20 p.m. on The Giant Stairs, an area of the hiking trails along the Hudson River in Alpine.

Among the highlights: narrow, triangle-shaped steps, a glass spiral staircase with mirrored walls and steep wooden stairs carved into a New Zealand cliff face.