Re: cairns
A friend recently took me on a hike in the Sedona area. It was a well trodden trail and every so often there were these strange mounds of rocks enclosed in...
Bessie Hyde 2009-07-31 10:19:24 #56821
Re: cairns
Doug,
I might have seen some of those cairns a few years back. I left them intact, thinking (right or wrong) that someone was marking one of the many...
hikrphred 2009-07-31 09:48:31 #56820
Re: cairns
I've been out to the Battleship a number of times, and I've seen cairns
(or ducks) all over the slopes on the way out. Then on the way back I
usually find...
Hank Schnieder 2009-07-31 09:40:26 #56819
Re: cairns
A similar example was a series of cairns in the streambed going up to
Cheyava Falls which I was knocking down each as I passed. I would say
that truly...
Doug Nering 2009-07-31 09:10:21 #56818
Re: cairns
I remember heading down the New Hance a few years ago, one stretch
through the Toroweap the trail was hemmed in by brush, so somebody built
their cairn...
Hank Schnieder 2009-07-31 09:07:44 #56817
Re: cairns
Chris,
If you are putting together a comprehensive list of cairn types, may I suggest category (e) utterly pointless. In recent years I have seen more and...
hikrphred 2009-07-31 08:58:22 #56816
Re: signs ...
I'm not a proponent of cairns, however, I will admit there have been times I
was relieved to see one. I always believed a cairn was a larger pile of
rocks...
Peter Borremans 2009-07-31 08:34:03 #56815
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