Hate to break it to you, but there's a good trail for the entire north approach to Lamarck. South side has a good trail for a hundred vert or so, then a reedunkulous number of ducks leading through the talus to another trail headed through the Darwin Bench. Jus' sayin'.
I guess he meant not a maintained trail like the JMT, so that was the distinction of making Lamarck a more-wilderness location. Of course, one could say there are very few true wilderness routes anywhere in the Sierras as there have been animal or Indian trails for centuries.
getting back to the point:
Same thing with NPS here in the east. They want to revegetate overused rocky outcrops like Mary's Rock on the AT, remove other similar sites that may have guardrails or walls.
Mary's Rock How about numbers of people? The most classic Virginia hike is Old Rag mountain with a small bit of low grade scrambling. It now has a day-permit system of sorts. So instead, I just go midweek in the winter when there are far fewer people and better air clarity.
