Personal experience as a hiker.
Clear cuts are terrible.
Not only are they ugly, but you must then usually search the entire perimiter of the cut and into the woods to find where the trail continues. Selective cutting is still usually difficult to walk through because of brush and ruts from heavy equipment, but at least the blazes are usually still able to be found. I guess we must share the trail with areas that are managed for timber, but better communication would help. If an area must be clearcut the trail maintainer for that section should know and and be able to plan for timely re-marking. Clear cuts are terrible.