As for size, Gatineau Park is a narrow triangle 360 sq km, 140 sq mi and has several hundred km of various hiking, skiing and cycling trails. All-season access is provided by public roads around the perimeter and a few internally. There is a seasonal paved parkway serving the lower portion of the park which is groomed for skiing in the winter months.

I have a new Locus Map Pro app which I am now experimenting with as an alternative way of displaying the OSM maps. I will also try some of the tags suggested above, starting with “informal” which sounds the most promising.

Actually, it’s not My club; I’m just a member, not an officer. So, I can’t commit the club to anything but I do make updates to the OSM maps using tracks from hikes that I’ve done personally (exported from Endomondo, my exercise tracking app)

I don’t know how to get a different display, or rendering. My favourite display for these offroad trails is using Open Cycle Map, as served up by Atlogis in their Canada Maps app. Is there a better way I could be displaying these tracks?

I’m especially interested in 2 things; 1) Clearly distinguishing faint trails that are not maintained and may be grown-in. As outlined above, the intent here is to manage the expectation of the user, and not get him lost. 2) And also, winter-only trails that traverse surface water (ponds, swamps, creeks, etc) Obviously what is clear sailing in the winter may require long bushwhacking detours in the summer. The park neatly handles this by publishing 2 completely separate maps for Summer and Winter trails.

OK thanks. I tried reducing the “visibility” on a trail but that didn’t change the display below “pink dots”, same as other, more visible, trails, so that wouldn’t provide a cue to an unwary hiker. (The sad truth is that most day hikers/showshoers/skiers do not come prepared for the possibility of spending the night outdoors lost in a Canadian forest!)

The tracks could be traced-in to OSM but then we’d be giving away the tracks belonging to individual members, and also losing a potential “benefit of membership” to the hiking club. The club does have a database in Global Mapper I believe but I’m not one the running it so I don’t want to get in over my head here.