page_title: Trail blazing
section_title: Affixed markers
hierarchical_section_title: Trail blazing / Types of signage / Affixed markers
caption_attribution_description: English: Bush on the way to Mt Jumbo. Tararua Forest Park, New Zealand An orange triangle above an old trail carving.
context_page_description: Trail blazing or way marking is the practice of marking paths in outdoor recreational areas with signs or markings that follow each other at certain, though not necessarily exactly defined, distances and mark the direction of the trail.
  A blaze in the beginning meant "a mark made on a tree by slashing the bark". Originally a waymark was "any conspicuous object which serves as a guide to travellers; a landmark".
  There are several ways of marking trails: paint, carvings, affixed markers, posts, flagging, cairns, and crosses, with paint being the most widely used.
context_section_description: Alternatively, more long lasting plastic, metal or even sometimes wooden markers may be affixed to trees, usually with nails.  The placement of these markers requires more skill and labor than paint, as well as an area with an abundant supply of trees to which to attach them.
caption: Affixed marker ▲ (NZ)
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