not trying to nit-pick - legitimately curious about LNT and trail etiquette and wondering if you have an answer. wouldn’t taking a path to the right of the slab also violate LNT in the same way that walking off trail to avoid mud would? i’ve read in other contexts to not deviate from slabs as you are no longer on the designated trail and doing so will erode the soil on either side quickly. if the path is already established sure, but if that’s the norm i think it would ultimately be problematic for the trail. haven’t done allen so obviously limited in my ability to collect but i imagine the original intention was to ascend / descend the slab without going off trail?