track or trail (left by an animal or person) / track (road or other similar beaten path) / lead, hint (e.g. in a police investigation) / runway / track (on a recording) / racecourse / ring in a circus / floor (various activities such as dancing, skating, or fencing) / piste

inflection of pister:
/ inflection of pister:

off-piste

short track (type of speed skating)

(in town) bicycle path, bike path, cycle path, cycle lane, bikeway / (in the countryside) cycle track, bike trail

wrong track, false lead, red herring

(aviation) landing strip, runway (strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)

(skiing) beginner slope (a ski slope for inexperienced skiers, who may not have skied before)

dance floor

paperchase, hare and hounds; treasure hunt