Thanks for the additional thoughts.  And I agree, technically, with everything you said.  It's not wrong per OSM norms, it's just getting to a broader OSM-based ecosystem issue as to how the data flows and is used by commercial mappers.  For instance, in the popular GaiaGPS Topo layer that "track" is now displayed as prominently as other "tracks" nearby that one could drive an 18-wheeler down.

The "fault" lies in the renderer.  Out of the scope of OSM.  It's an intractable issue the community has been grappling with forever.

FWIW: this reality informs my own OSM mapping ethics.  Because I know "path" or "track" will lose almost all additional tagging nuance outside of OSM, I don't tag things "track" or "path" unless it reaches a _much_ higher bar.

So, it's not "wrong".  It's just now the likelihood some mountain biker (or even a casual hiker) will be disappointed because the trek from Somerset Reservoir to Mount Snow is actually quite the semi-hardcore adventure involving getting bloodied legs from all the bushwhacking on the "track".
