A WALK IN THE WOODS

PRECEDING PANEL: After a night of heavy rain, morning sun illuminates low clouds in the broad, forested valley of Boneyard Creek in the White Mountains. The creek, east of Big Lake, empties into the East Fork of the Black River.

Summer's transition to fall is reflected in multicolored maple leaves in Garden Canyon, a destination in Southern Arizona's Huachuca Mountains. The trunks in the background are those of Arizona sycamores (Platanus wrightii), known for their mottled bark. GURINDER SINGH

False hellebores, also known as corn lilies, anchor a view of a dense forest of spruce trees along the West Baldy Trail. This 14-mile (round-trip) trail in the White Mountains features many such forest views as it ascends to near the summit of Mount Baldy, the range's highest peak. JOEL HAZELTON