My son and I went up to Glen Shee last weekend, he now lives in Essex due to work, so hills are in short supply) and due to injury and covid it's 2 years since I last topped a Munroe, so the Cairnwell was chosen to get both of us a fix. We went up Carn Aosda first turning right at the middle, I wanted to check out the loch with a view to fishing there in a month or so time, then across to the Cairnwell. Now I get that when you look towards this hill the view is somewhat spoilt by the metal work and looking down towards the ski lifts is also lacking when there's no snow, but why the disdain for these hills mystifies me. The views are superb when you are up there(when the low cloud allows one), we didn't do the "3" as the low cloud stole the views, save that and others for another day. So a septuagenarians opinion is it might be easier, but don't take away the fact that these are hills worth the climb and the view if somewhat selective can be rewarding.