I like the idea of calling it a different area if the resort has different name
bonus points for Blackcomb, Todd, Mackenzie, Whitetooth, Snow Valley, Gibson Pass and maybe at least 2 extra for Big Mountain.
An interpretation for those that might not know:
Wasn't it Whitefish, changed to Big Mountain, changed back to Whitefish?
Fernie was originally Snow Valley.
Whitetooth was the local hill at the bottom of Kicking Horse. Since the ski resort is located adjacent to the town of Golden, they were originally going to call it Golden Peaks. The Sun Peaks management were not happy with a name that they feared would be confusing for the skiing public and after discussions with KH owners they settled on the idea of naming the new resort after the nearby Kicking Horse Pass.
Mount Mackenzie is the name of the mountain that Revelstoke Mountain Resort is built on although I think the original ski area at the base of the mountain was called Powder Springs and the snowcat skiing on the upper Mount Mackenzie was I think just called Revelstoke Cat Skiing.
When Nippon Cable bought the then 31 year old Tod Mountain in 1992 they first called it Sun Peaks at Tod Mountain. Among the locals we figured it won't be long before it becomes Tod Mountain at Sun Peaks and then because all of the new development is 2 miles up the road from the original Burfield base it won't be long before the Burfield base becomes the not often visited long time locals pretty much private ski area, and that is exactly what happened.
Gibson Pass, I have no clue what or where that place is.