Giant Stoneater wrote:One of the biggest factors with erosion is sites like Walkhighlands etc is funneling folk constantly on the one route up a mountain, not Walkhighlands fault as they are just following in the footsteps of earlier guide books.
Certain hillwalking sites on Facebook nobody can see past Walkhighlands as it is constantly referenced, is there a path up the mountain see Walkhighlands, Walkhighlands does not mention a path that way etc .
I know this may seem negative about this site and it is not meant to be but it is the way people become so blinkered to alternative routes up mountains.
Maybe rewilding is the answer and block the normal tourist route up hills and see how folk cope.
Another issue is that someone builds a car park at the base of the easiest route up a hill with a good view (e.g. Schehallion), and that funnels a lot of footfall along the same ground resulting in a hideous scar on the hillside on those routes that cross peat. Cameron McNeish has stated that the munros with the least footfall damage are those where there are multiple routes which are of comparable difficulty, and he disagrees with the notion that funelling the foot traffic up one route to try and limit the damage to one side of the hill is a good idea.