<blockquote class=“Quote” rel=“spk27alumni”><blockquote class=“Quote” rel=“millerm277”><blockquote class=“Quote” rel=“spk27alumni”><blockquote class=“Quote” rel=“skirick”><blockquote class=“Quote” rel=“spk27alumni”>skirick… 44 was only a temporary name, until the naming contest generated Westway. That is why I did not include it. </blockquote>
I never realized that. Was that when they 1st cut it?</blockquote>
IIRC, the contest was held the first winter it was opened. However, I am fairly certain that the Ski Patrol, and regulars who ski there, still refer to it as 44.</blockquote>
Here’s the 1984 map, with 44 as the name: https://skimap.org/data/315/7/1210543838.jpg<br/><br/>It got the name Westway by the 1986 map, but they kept the “trails having numbers AND names” for a few more years on the public map and I still hear staff use the numbers, which is probably why the name has continued to stick. Even marketing/PR usually refers to it by both names.Also, unless my memory is faulty, at least one of the trail signs up at the summit said trail 44 until recently.</blockquote>
Wow…I forgot how old 44/Westway is!! That ’84 map does not have Huega, or Whitecloud, yet. As for trails being identified by numbers and names, I get a kick out of skiers that refer to skiing an 80…that is taking trail 45 (Whitecloud) to trail 35 (Wayout).</blockquote>
Interesting stuff. It must have been the 44th trail cut. And K27 was the #27 trail.
