I was initially attracted by the luminosity of the snow and white fence vibing off each other in the sunlight. As I was working I saw several people coming and going on the beaten path leading up the hill. I wondered if there was a name for such unofficial byways and thought that "via vernacula" would be a good one. I found no instances of "via vernacula" on the web but did find a couple references to existing terms: "social path" and "desire path." Results of searching on "social path" got about 50/50 "Did you mean 'sociopath?'" and a k-pop song of the same name. "Desire path" got more legit hits but had mostly negative connotations of environmental damage caused by lazy or impatient people bushwhacking across the landscape. Furthermore, "desire path' sounds like a route for a street car. Neither has the zing of "Via vernacula," so I am hereby nominating it as the term of record.
