Should you leave cairns alone or destroy them? Ask that question to a group of backpackers and you're likely to spark the kind of argument that strains tramilies. Some hikers pass rock stacks by ...

Hikers and environmentalists are at each other’s throats on TikTok over rock stacking and whether it’s harmful to local ecosystems. Videos went from poses next to rock cairns to dramatically knocking ...

Just like carving initials into a tree, leaving behind trash in a campground, or spray-painting your name on a rock face, do not stack the rocks. Sometimes called cairns, these rock stacks are often ...

If you are an ardent traveller and adventure lover and have done hiking, visited parks reserves, and other remote-like destinations, you will have noticed piles of stones, placed in strategic places.

Well, if you haven’t, we’re here to tell you that it’s going on out there and folks are split on if this is something harmful ...

HOUSTON – You’ve probably seen them at parks across Texas and the United States, and probably the world: rock cairns. They’re the stacks of stones people place, often in waterways or on trails. In ...

I've seen them, and I'm sure you have, too. Rocks are stacked and balanced in various formations on hiking trails, beaches, and in deserts. There's actually something artful about it. Unfortunately, ...

PARADISE, MI - Tahquamenon Falls State Park is asking people to stop stacking rocks along the river, saying it is damaging the environment, particularly for the insects who call the river home. The ...

TOWN OF SEVASTOPOL, Wis. (WLUK) -- On Tuesday afternoon, the rocky northern shore of Whitefish Dunes State Park looked much the way nature would have intended it: a narrow beach of white and gray ...

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — To some along the north shoreline of Lake Superior in Minnesota, building stacks of rocks, or cairns, is akin to making sand castles and can even be meditative. To others, these ...