Yeah except for all the times that people who think they know the route start setting up cairns and before you know it there are networks of poorly designated t

Yeah except for all the times that people who think they know the route start setting up cairns and before you know it there are networks of poorly designated trails sometimes on the correct path but most of the time not. Sometimes they’re useful in the sense of knowing other people have been where you currently are. I’ve been mountaineering for 10 years though and there have only been a very few number of times that community cairns actually mark a path clearly and correctly. Sorry, it’s a bit of a pet peeve of mine. I have lots of stories of getting lost because I followed cairns instead of common sense or reasonable route finding.