TITLE 6

ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES

CHAPTER 11

RESPONSIBILITIES AND LIABILITIES OF SKIERS AND SKI AREA OPERATORS

6-1103.  Duties of ski area operators with respect to ski areas. Every ski area operator shall have the following duties with respect to their operation of a skiing area:

(1)  To mark all trail maintenance vehicles and to furnish such vehicles with flashing or rotating lights that shall be in operation whenever the vehicles are working or are in movement in the skiing area;

(2)  To mark with a visible sign or other warning implement the location of any hydrant or similar equipment used in snowmaking operations and located on ski slopes and trails;

(3)  To mark conspicuously the top or entrance to each slope or trail or area, with an appropriate symbol for its relative degree of difficulty; and those slopes, trails, or areas which are closed, shall be so marked at the top or entrance;

(4)  To maintain one (1) or more trail boards at prominent locations at each ski area displaying that area’s network of ski trails and slopes with each trail and slope rated thereon as to its relative degree of difficulty;

(5)  To designate by trail board or otherwise which trails or slopes are open or closed;

(6)  To place, or cause to be placed, whenever snowgrooming or snowmaking operations are being undertaken upon any trail or slope while such trail or slope is open to the public, a conspicuous notice to that effect at or near the top of such trail or slope;

(7)  To post notice of the requirements of this chapter concerning the use of ski retention devices. This obligation shall be the sole requirement imposed upon the ski area operator regarding the requirement for or use of ski retention devices;

(8)  To provide a ski patrol with qualifications meeting the standards of the national ski patrol system;

(9)  To post a sign at the bottom of all aerial passenger tramways which advises the passengers to seek advice if not familiar with riding the aerial passenger tramway; and

(10)  Not to intentionally or negligently cause injury to any person; provided, that except for the duties of the operator set forth in subsections (1) through (9) of this section and in section 6-1104, Idaho Code, the operator shall have no duty to eliminate, alter, control or lessen the risks inherent in the sport of skiing, which risks include, but are not limited to, those described in section 6-1106, Idaho Code; and, that no activities undertaken by the operator in an attempt to eliminate, alter, control or lessen such risks shall be deemed to impose on the operator any duty to accomplish such activities to any standard of care.

History:

[6-1103, added 1979, ch. 270, sec. 1, p. 702; am. 2014, ch. 187, sec. 2, p. 498.]