This question is a Master-level, three-segment motion. There are two eastward movements and one westward movement. When it comes to the direction-ignorant distance quantity, these directions do not matter. Simply add up the length of the three movements and you have calculated the amount of ground that is covered.
The quantity displacement is a direction-conscious quantity. Direction matters! Both eastward movements take the skier away from the starting position; they add together to give the skier an eastward displacement. But the westward movement partially negates this motion and takes the skier back towards the starting point (but not past it). Because the second movement is in the opposite direction as the other two movements, one must subtract this from the length of the two eastward segments.
A common approach for questions like these involves defining East as the positive direction and West as the negative direction. A 44-meter westward movement is thought of as a -44 m displacement. The overall displacement is the sum of two positive (East) and one negative (West) movements. If the sum turns out to be negative, then the direction is opposite of East; that is, it would be West.
Finally, this 3-segment "Master"-level question ( like the 4-segment "Wizard" level questions) is more difficult. As such, it becomes useful to learn to diagram the situation. Draw an arrow for each segment of the motion; and draw the arrow in the described direction and approximately the relative length. Where one arrow ends, the next arrow begins. The process of diagramming helps a learner to visualize displacement as the overall change in position relative to the starting position.