Mountaineer Transit Company

Mountaineer provided microtransit services December 8, 2023 through April 20, 2024 as outlined in the OVAM MD MDP. The season comprised of 132 operating days, including eight days added April 13-20 for Mountain Travel Symposium and five days added April 8-12 between when Mountaineers operating schedule was planned to end and when Mountain Travel Symposium started. Mountaineer had a record-breaking season including providing 50,530 rides to 106,736 passengers, with an average wait time of 8 minutes. Mountaineer set all-time, single-season records for most passengers serviced (for the first time in a single season, Mountaineer serviced more than 100,000 passengers), most rides provided, and highest average daily passengers (783, 8% greater than prior winter seasons all-time high). All of these records are even more remarkable despite limited snow and limited ski terrain open in December & January. It is suspected that ridership increases, among other factors such as a 20% increase in Mountaineers vehicle fleet, were as a result of Palisades Tahoes new Parking Reservation System. It should be noted that according to 2023-24 passenger survey responses, 34% of Mountaineers passengers are visitors, 33% are second home/condo owners, and 17% are full-time residents.In total, since its inaugural season beginning in December 2018, Mountaineer has transported 401,431 passengers and provided 194,313 rides of which 57% were shared. As a result of Mountaineer since its inception, each month that Mountaineer operates on average 3,257 cars are removed from Olympic Valley and Alpine Meadows roads and 5,406 vehicle miles traveled are reduced.