On any given day, you'll find little knots of riders congregated at trail intersections all over the mountain trying to figure out what trail someone is talking about.

"It's a great trail, man. It's right next to the trail with all the rooty drops at the edge of the clearcut. I think some people used to call it Oblivion."

"You mean the trail where Willy endo'd into the nettles?"

"Who's Willy?"

It's amazing how much time is lost in this kind of confusion.

Purple Heart: a purple heart helium balloon that someone hauled up the mountain and tied to a tree at the top of The Trail Formerly Known As Pickup Sticks on Valentines Day 2000.

THE REASON for the confusion is clear, however. Apart for a few weeks in early 2000 when Mountain Bike magazine was working on a profile of Galbraith Mt., there have never been any identification signs on any Galbraith trails, and many trails have always been known by multiple names.

And to make matters worse, the twisted logic of the original name is often lost in the mists of time. Just about everybody on Galbraith knows the Kaiser, but few know where the name came from. Well, it got it name from early Galbraith Mt. trailblazer Jim Sullivan -- the legendary Sully -- who used to say of the trail, "it really rolls." Kaiser rolls -- get it?

Furthermore, the names of some trails simply evolve. Once upon a time, the Family Fun Center was the Belles Family Fun Center. And  there is a wonderful trail off the Arsenio Loop Rd. that was originally named Pickup Sticks by its creators -- Mark "Tread Mark" Wilkinson, Doug and Keri Demars, Jackie and Brad Wilske and Delaine Olsen -- because they said that's essentially all they had to do to make the trail.

Then on Valentines Day 2000, someone hauled a purple heart helium balloon up to the beginning of the trail, and tied it to a tree. Since then, Pickup Sticks has been called Purple Heart by many, including GalbraithMt.com.

Here are some alternative trail and location names: