I haven't made special provisions for access, but evidently it's fairly simple to just remove my cages.
I walked by this tree on 2/18 and cage was in place, no issues. Took the above pic on 3/18.
The same Shinko, six weeks after it was set in 2016.
I've just been snipping the ties and lifting the cage over the trees, but obviously that's not gonna work once the trees get bigger, so I better start planning ahead a little better.