By most of the recent accounts of trips up the MR, it sounds like it has been nicely maintained by a series of closely spaced cairns. I find this to be good news in light of some of the early attitudes that one did not want to make the Mountaineer's "Route" too much like a "Trail". Over time, the MR has become so popular that any contribution to the well-being of the multi-levels of experienced to in-experienced users of this route is welcome (most certainly to the SAR folks who may get called out to find lost hikers)
