New Attractions Coming To Kissing Bridge Ski Resort

By now, you've probably heard that Kissing Bridge Ski Resort has been sold. Now that they have a new owner, what else will be new there?

What is Kissing Bridge?

Kissing Bridge is a ski resort that is about 30 minutes south of Buffalo. Their history dates back to 1960 when it was first founded by Harry Loomis and named after the New England-style covered bridges covered with that nickname.

Kissing Bridge was sold

About a week ago, the news came out that the resort had been sold to a new owner, Rhett McNulty from California. It was sold for just over $1 million. For many skiers, it could have been horrible news. The threat of a local ski resort being shut down wasn't what any of them would have wanted.

Instead, it appears to be good news. Not only does the new owner not plan to shut it down to use it for something else, he's hoping to add more to it and make it useable throughout more of the year.

What is new already at Kissing Bridge?

McNulty has jumped into gear already. In an interview with WIVB channel 4, he says that he's already purchased snowmaking equipment in the hopes that he can provide great skiing conditions in what has been terrible skiing weather in the past.

“We’ve invested in putting snowmaking from Hemlock on the south to World of Your Own towards the north side of the property, and that will cover about 22 runs here and ensure that skiers and snowboarders have some diversity and really high quality snow when they come out to the resort.” - Rhett McNulty, new owner of Kissing Bridge

He has also already begun upgrades to the facilities.

What's coming to Kissing Bridge?

The exciting part of the new ownership is what they're hoping to do with the property in the "offseason." Last year, Kissing Bridge decided to open up mountain biking for the first time on the property. They're hoping to build and expand on that to make it an all year long resort.

They're also planning to bring back snow tubing soon.

As a person who used to work at Kissing Bridge, it's exciting to hear that they're going to do something more with it to grow and expand. The weather has been tough for ski resorts over the past couple of years, but it's nice to see that they're thinking of other ways to make it profitable.