Timeline for What's the purpose of the huge amount of stone piles on the trails in Gran Canaria
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| Oct 26, 2016 at 22:26 | comment | added | Desorder | I agree @Tullochgorum. Cairns should be used when required. There are already people behind the track on Ben Nevis looking after this. No need to add more. I've been to places where, for example, the track comes out of the river but the exit is very discreet and easy to miss so a cairn or maybe two are likely to help more than disfigure the landscape. After all the bottom line IS to make sure the pile of rocks to highlight the way. | |
| Oct 26, 2016 at 22:10 | comment | added | Tullochgorum | On Ben Nevis there are around 20 official cairns marking the descent route, because navigation mistakes can be lethal in winter. But the John Muir Trust removed around 120 random cairns that were disfiguring the summit plateau. This new fad for stone balancing is only making things worse. Personally I dismantle them whenever I see them... walkhighlands.co.uk/news/plea-for-no-new-cairns-on-ben-nevis/… | |
| Oct 21, 2016 at 16:33 | comment | added | Spagirl | The bit about a road in Scotland does. I'm guessing Desorder means the A87 above Loch Loyne where there is a whole gang of these things just as on Gran Canaria. | |
| Oct 20, 2016 at 15:08 | comment | added | user2766 | This is a thing, but that doesn't describe the photo | |
| Oct 20, 2016 at 1:54 | history | edited | Desorder | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 20, 2016 at 1:48 | history | answered | Desorder | CC BY-SA 3.0 |