EditorialA trail leading through the Hafod Estate, which has five footpaths to choose from, in Ceredigion, Wales, in May 2023. (Francesca Jones/The New York Times)
EditorialA trail leading through the Hafod Estate, which has five footpaths to choose from, in Ceredigion, Wales, in May 2023. (Francesca Jones/The New York Times)
EditorialA trail head in the Inyo National Forest that leads to the Methuselah, the oldest tree, in Bishop, Calif. on Sept. 13, 2022. (Adam Perez/The New York Times)
EditorialA thru-hiker walks along a burned portion of the Pacific Crest Trail in the Klamath National Forest and the Shasta-Trinity National Forest in Northern California, on Aug. 18, 2022. (Mason Trinca/The New York Times)
EditorialFanciful facial features, enchantingly added to a tree’s trunk, along a forest trail in Point Roberts, Wash., Aug. 18, 2020. (Ruth Fremson/The New York Times)
EditorialA trail in a burned section of forest in Big Basin Redwoods State Park in Boulder Creek, Calif., on Aug. 21, 2020. (Max Whittaker/The New York Times)
EditorialA hiking trail winds through a burned section of forest on the shore of Lake Berryessa in Napa County, Calif., on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020. (Max Whittaker/The New York Times)
EditorialSkaters on the extensive trail at Le Domaine de la Forét Perdue in Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, Quebec on March 9, 2019. (David Giral/The New York Times)