Symbolizing OpenStreetMap layers in MapBox

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Newbie post here, so forgive me if there's a better place for this, or if my question has been answered already.

I am trying to develop an interactive trail map for my town. I have added all of the trails into the OSM database, with good topology and tags for technical difficulty, quality etc:

http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/49.0843/-117.7981

I am looking to develop the map using MapBox and Tilemill. My question is: If my main goal is to symbolize the OSM highway=cycleway features based on their difficulty tags, can I skip the whole tile creation process? If so, how would I go about symbolizing the various trails based on difficulty?

If I'm not interested in a custom basemap, is there any other advantage to using MBTiles? Here is my current working MapBox map, which is using a single MBTile:

http://www.kootenaymaps.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/MapBoxEXAMPLE.html

Thanks in advance for any guidance here...

Barry

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I have no experience with Tilemill but AFAIK it is designed to create webmabs on tile base only. So you might use another desktop renderer as Maperitive for example. Please also keep in mind, that there are already various approaches to create hiking maps online, for GPS and printing ;).