This photograph captures a Bates cairn along the Cadillac Mountain South Ridge Trail in Acadia National Park, Maine, set against the rugged rocky landscape with sweeping views of water below. Developed in the early 1900s by Acadia trail builder Waldron Bates, these distinctive cairns, made of large base stones, a mantel, and a top marker stone, were designed to clearly guide hikers along the trail.

This photo is printed on Luster paper, which is a traditional photographic paper with very subtle texture, and a slight sheen without being glossy.

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