Hi LOHS Dragons,

If a trail is no longer in use, I'd suggest changing the tag on each section from "highway=path" to something like "disused:highway=path" is better than deleting it.  The reason for that is that if someone sees nothing at all there when editing OSM, they might just add it back, especially if looking at old aerial imagery from before the time when the trail was disused.
You can also ask people at https://community.openstreetmap.org/c/communities/us/78 about it.
Best Regards,
Andy