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I am very new to OpenStreetMap, so if I am asking a dumb question, please let me know and point me in the right direction.

I have been entering walking tracks around some local woodland. In general there is nothing special about them. However there is one section where the path stops being a regular track and turns into a set of handhold spikes and footholds to traverse a cliff-face on a river.

This seems to be an important feature - it makes the trail effectively impassable with a bike, or a dog, or if you have limitted use of arms, and probably undesirable with small children.

I can't figure out how to tag this section to indicate this.

asked 13 Jan '11, 12:49

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answered 13 Jan '11, 12:52

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I guess the closest would be sac_scale=alpine_hiking but I don't think that's accurate. It's trail hiking in an otherwise pretty undemanding park but one section of maybe 15m is unpassable without use of hands.

(23 Jan '11, 11:19) SimonF

There is an approved proposal here:
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Safety_measures_on_hiking_trails

You would use this:

highway=path
rungs=yes/amount

And maybe also these:

wheelchair=no
horse=no
bicycle=no
dog=no

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answered 14 Jun '18, 09:59

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There is also the Via Ferrata proposal

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