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Desire Paths
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Desire paths Desire paths can be paths created as a consequence of erosion caused by human or animal foot-fall or traffic. The paths usually represent the shortest or most easily navigated routes between origins and destinations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desire_path
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Low spot on the trail. When it rains, mud pit.
Found the hiker.
Oh, that's a good notion. My thought had been that it's a place where people often stop so it formed a bypass of sorts.
Hmmm maybe, but the left is on a slope. The real path is lower, why wouldn't the rain pool there?
Here's a baseless guess: someone dumped something big on the trail there for awhile and a path formed from the detour and never went away
The real path is the one that floods. When it's wet, people use the desire path to avoid the puddle.
Ohhh!! Duh, I totally misinterpreted that haha. I am fully on board with your theory now
Good point actually, that makes a lot of sense.
Or there was a barrier of sort there before, but now there isnt anymore.