You wouldn't be surprised finding a cairn at the height of a mountain pass and such ways you'll find ovoos in Mongolia as well. But you can find ovoos also at other places, which are held to be sacred.
According to tengerism ovoos are dedicated to local deities or others gods of a vast pantheon.
Coming to an ovoo (овоо) you are supposed to circle it three times, moving clockwise, ito insure a saf journey. People bring an uneven number of rocks and add these to the pile [1]. People also wrap blue khadags [2] around them. Blue symbolizes the sky or Tenger. You will alo find pots, ceramics, wheels, empty liquor bottles, prayer beads, horns of animals like the capricorn, and other items around ovoos.
There are also rituals held by shamans at the end of summer [3]. The might dance, recite ancient texts, consecrate the ovoo with airag or vodka. As for the recital of sacred texts, it has been observed that more frequently this is done by lamas. When it comes to folks religions the boundaries between bön and lamaism or tengerism and lamaism aren't as clear as we might have guessed. And juniper might be burnt as incense.
Links and Annotations:
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovoo and https://rheumatologe.blogspot.com/2022/08/mongolia-little-ritual-on-departing.html
[2] Khadag (хадаг) is the Mogolian name for the ritual scarf, formerly made of silk, nowadays mostly made of polyester because of better durability. The Tibetan scarf is white to show the pureness of the giver's heart, whereas the Mongolian is blue as the sky. The origins lie both in lamaism as well as tengerism (better word for shamanism). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khata
[3] https://www.asiaculturaltravel.co.uk/the-mongolian-ovoo/ and https://www.mongolia-trips.com/travel-tips/religion/cult-ovoos
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