I am not natively speaking English, I just pick up what I read in the context. Obviously, I failed to hit a sweet spot. Cleared for me would imply more than just trodding. And not just marking, but real constructive work.
Today I happened on this mapped path, I’d be delighted to learn how to tag trail_visibility there:
Spoiler: Here one of the bootprints:
I guess, I’d have to take all aspects into account?
UPDATE: In German there is only one word for such paths, its “Wechsel”, and only hunters use it.