Alpinist routes marked as footpaths

CAI Salò did comment on Changeset: 155205011 | OpenStreetMap - I copy here for convenience:

good morning,
the question is much simpler than it may be. Path 30 is used by expert mountaineers, and was opened to connect Val Adamè with Passo Val di Fumo. The project was carried out by volunteers with the help of the Lissone refuge manager. The trail is indicative (like most mountaineering trails, see the trail, final part, of Forcel Rosso), the reason is given by the fact that avalanches and landslides move the rocks with the trail markers. Therefore, it must be followed with the help of paper maps (kompass) and GPS. Furthermore, you must proceed by azimuth, identifying the best route. The trail indicates the route (which is not that difficult) but not the trampling. In fact, the trail is left in gray and is not classified precisely because of the phenomena of washing away and changes in the orography. The route was opened as a normal connecting route, but it is up to the hiker to be able to evaluate (based on their own experience) whether it is feasible or not. The proof is given by overcoming the gully that connects Bivacco Baroni with Bocchetta di Levade, which in some places presents third-grade difficulties. This is enough to make the unwary understand that one should not go further unless one has adequate mountaineering training. However, I would leave aside evaluations on the professionalism of the members of the Italian Alpine Club and the Società Alpinistica Tridentina who daily report and maintain over 8000 km of trails on Italian territory. All the volunteers of the CAI-SAT must be given the best compliments for the work done. No further communications will follow. Thank you. CAI Salò.

Is that in line with what a path in OpenStreetMap can stand for?
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To consider: No indication on the ground, UIAA III difficulties.

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