Free bus available between Kalispell and Whitefish Mountain Resort and last updated 2020-12-18 21:37:39-05 KALISPELL â A free bus route from Kalispell to Whitefish Mountain Resort is back in service this winter for the first time in decades. The Eagle Transit Mountain Climber is offering free rides up to the mountain every Saturday during the ski season -- picking riders up at the Kalispell Walmart. Riders can choose from three different pickup times at 6:40, 7:50, and 8:20 a.m. The rides back down from the mountainâs base lodge begin at 3:35 p.m. with the last drop off at 6 p.m. Eagle Transit Mountain Climber Spokeswoman Elizabeth Wood says each bus has the capacity to take 25 riders up the mountain on a first-come-first-serve basis.