10 Mt. is so small it gets lost on the Comox Valley map.
9 M. T. Washington sounded too much like a rap deejay.
8 “Mt.” Washington is a national park in New Hampshire; “Mount” Washington is one of the best ski resorts in British Columbia.
7 Since “Mount” is spelled like “about”, Americans have an easier time identifying the resort as Canadian.
6 If Everest can be a Mount, why can’t Washington?
5 Since the Resort is “mounting” a growth plan it seemed only fitting.
4 Mount comes first alphabetically.
3 The longer name confounds the headline writers.
2 The guy who created the Resort’s new logo got paid by the letter.
And the number one reason the Resort changed from “Mt.” to “Mount”…
1 After more than 20 years in operation, and a growing North American reputation, it was time the “Mount” grew up.