IF YOU GO

Cost: Parking, access, camping are free.

Facilities: Restroom with chemical toilets, bear-proof garbage cans and small campground with five sites, for tents or self-contained RVs up to 16 feet. Fire rings with grills, picnic tables provided. Water is turned on in spring.

Trail rules: Hikers, dogs permitted. No off-highway vehicles. Maps: Middle Fork Feather River, $12; Plumas National Forest, $14; available at www.nationalforestmapstore.com — click on California.

Supplies: Food, gas, outdoors equipment available along Oro Dam Boulevard in Oroville.

Contacts: Plumas National Forest, Feather River Ranger District, 875 Mitchell Ave., Oroville (Butte County); 530-5346500, www.fs.usda.gov/plumas.