Kissing Bridge Ski Resort
Kissing Bridge Ski Resort is a ski area located in the state of New York in USA. The resort is in the town of Glenwood, NY.
We recently ranked all of New York's ski resorts, so you can see where Kissing Bridge stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!
Season Passes
Kissing Bridge is not a part of any nationwide lift ticket system. Passes such as Epic, IKON, or Mountain Collective allow pass holders to ski at multiple mountians with a single purchase. Unfortunately, none of those passes work with Kissing Bridge Ski Resort. To purchase season passes, you'll need to visit Kissing Bridge's website.
Lodging Options
There are numerous options to stay at Kissing Bridge around the resort. Check out the available options with the form below.
Kissing Bridge Mountain Resort Terrain Overview
Kissing Bridge has a total of 38 ski trails, which are serviced by 10 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. With 778 acres, Kissing Bridge Ski Resort has a moderate amount of skiiable terrain available for skiers. This area is equivalent to 315 hectares, 1.2 square miles, or 3.1 square kilometers.
Kissing Bridge's slopes see on average 180 inches (5.5 meters) of snowfall a year. That is almost 15 feet every year!
Total Runs
38
Lifts
10
Skiable Acres
778(3 km2)
Annual Snowfall
180"(5,486 cm)
Kissing Bridge Ski Resort Elevation
Kissing Bridge Ski Resort has a summit elevation of 1,750 feet, or 533 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 1,200 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 550 feet (168 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.
Kissing Bridge has a very low summit elevation. The summit of this park is one of the smaller ones in the country.
Summit Elevation
1,750'(533 m)
Vertical Drop
550'(168 m)
Base Elevation
1,200'(366 m)
Kissing Bridge Ski Resort Difficulty Level
Difficulty Score™
33.7out of 100
DID YOU KNOW?
At Parks & Trips, we've created a proprietary Difficulty Score that attempts to show how difficult a particular ski slope is. We get to this number by combining a number of metrics for each resort and comparing them to its peers. Most of the score is based off the amount of easy-intermediate-expert slopes by acreage and the maximum vertical drop of the overall resort, but also includes a few lesser-used metrics as well.
Our algorithm compares each resort’s metrics with all others in North America, then assigns each a Difficulty Score, which we use to rank them accordingly. Resorts with a lower score are easier to ski than those with a higher one. However, a high score does not mean that the resort does not have any easy slopes, or vice versa. This is just an overall score given to the resort based on all its metrics grouped together.
Skiable Terrain by Difficulty Level
Kissing Bridge has 778 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.
Kissing Bridge is mostly a beginner-friendly ski area, with about 35% of its trails as easy. However, it also has its fair share of more difficult runs - which account for the remaining 65%.
Beginner
35%(272 acres)
Beginner trails (identified by a green circle) are the easiest trails on the hill with a gradual 25% or less gradient, and are usually wide to accommodate beginner skiers.
Intermediate
35%(272 acres)
Intermediate trails (identified by a blue square) are usually the most popular and crowded runs, which have a slope of anywhere between 25-40%.
Expert
30%(233 acres)
Expert trails (identified by a black diamond... or two) are the hardest slopes on the mountain, and have very steep gradients over 40%.
Is Kissing Bridge Ski Resort good for beginners?
Kissing Bridge can be beginner-friendly, depending on the runs you take. While it ranks in the lower half of all North American ski areas in terms of overall difficulty, it still has 65% of its trails rated at or above intermediate.
Kissing Bridge Ski Resort Location
Kissing Bridge Ski Resort is located in the state of New York, USA. This ski area is nearest the town of Glenwood, NY.
Address:
Glenwood, NY 14069 USA
View on Google Maps
Website:
kbski.com
GPS Coordinates:
42.61000, -78.65000
Getting to Kissing Bridge Mountain Resort
By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Kissing Bridge Ski Resort), its coordinates of 42.61000, -78.65000 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Glenwood, NY to get close.
By Air: If you are coming in from across the country, then you may need to board an airplane to get here.
A large airport has scheduled major airline service with millions of passengers per year. This type of airport always accepts international flights. Here are the closest large airport(s) to Kissing Bridge Ski Resort.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Niagara International Airport | BUF | Buffalo, NY | 23 mi |
| Lester B. Pearson International Airport | YYZ | Toronto, ON | 89 mi |
| Syracuse Hancock International Airport | SYR | Syracuse, NY | 133 mi |
A medium-sized airport has scheduled regional airline service. This type of airport may or may not accept international flights. Here are the closest medium-sized airport(s) to Kissing Bridge.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niagara Falls International Airport | IAG | Niagara Falls, NY | 37 mi |
| Bradford Regional Airport | BFD | Bradford, PA | 56 mi |
| Greater Rochester International Airport | ROC | Rochester, NY | 61 mi |
There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Kissing Bridge Ski Resort, but we didn't list them here due to the fact that no major airlines go through them.
Other Nearby Ski Resorts
Skiers will - especially if coming from far away - try and visit a couple different slopes all in the same trip. Here are the closest other ski slopes within 100 miles of Kissing Bridge Ski Resort.
| Name | Location | Summit | Difficulty Score™ | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HoliMont | Ellicottville, NY | 2,260 ft | 42% | 23 mi |
| Holiday Valley | Ellicottville, NY | 2,250 ft | 38% | 24 mi |
| Swain | Swain, NY | 1,970 ft | 37% | 41 mi |
| Sugarloaf | Carrabassett Valley, ME | 4,237 ft | 67% | 59 mi |
| Bristol Mountain | Canandaigua, NY | 2,200 ft | 36% | 63 mi |
| Peek'n Peak | Clymer, NY | 1,800 ft | 32% | 67 mi |
| Centennial Park Ski & Snowboard Centre | Etobicoke, ON | 557 ft | 18% | 86 mi |
| Earl Bales Ski & Snowboard Centre | North York, ON | 633 ft | 21% | 88 mi |
| Mount Pleasant of Edinboro | Cambridge Springs, PA | 1,540 ft | 26% | 90 mi |
| Glen Eden | Milton, ON | 1,049 ft | 12% | 90 mi |
| Uplands Ski Centre | Thornhill, ON | 656 ft | 12% | 93 mi |
| Mount Chinguacousy | , ON | 777 ft | 0% | 94 mi |
| Brimacombe | Orono, ON | 1,020 ft | 22% | 98 mi |
| Dagmar Resort | Uxbridge, ON | 653 ft | 17% | 99 mi |
Kissing Bridge Ski Resort Mountain Stats
| Name | Statistic |
|---|---|
| Summit Elevation | 1,750 ft |
| Base Elevation | 1,200 ft |
| Vertical Drop | 550 ft |
| Trails | 38 (35% Beginner, 35% Intermediate, 30% Expert) |
| Lifts | 10 |
| Skiable Acres | 778 |
| Avg. Annual Snowfall | 180 inches |