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Welcome to the Mountain Explorer Serving Bethel, Newry and Sunday River, Maine!

For the 2011-2012 season, buses to Sunday River will operate daily from December 26 until April 8.

The Mountain Explorer fixed-route, seasonal bus service provides free transportation between the town of Bethel and the Sunday River Ski resort. 






If you need transportation between Bethel and Sunday River at a time when the Mountain Explorer is not operating, or you need immediate service, we recommend contacting Stagecoach Shuttle Services at (207) 357-5783. If you need on-mountain transportation to, or from, any location not served by the Mountain Explorer, please call (207) 824-3000 and ask for the Sunday River Trolley. Sunday River Trolley schedules are posted at Sunday River condominiums and at all Sunday River base lodges, hotels and dormitories.

The Mountain Explorer is operated by Western Maine Transportation Services in cooperation with the Maine Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, the towns of Bethel and Newry, Sunday River, The Bethel Inn & Resort, local businesses and other sponsors along with the Mountain Explorer Marketing Advisory Committee.

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The Mountain Explorer bus service is operated without regard to race, color, or national origin as per Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.