In accordance with ORS 31.600 and notwithstanding ORS 31.620 (2), an individual who engages in the sport of skiing, alpine or nordic, accepts and assumes the inherent risks of skiing insofar as they are reasonably obvious, expected or necessary.
ORS 30.975
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case 101 Or. App. 670 - Jessup v. Mt. Bachelor, Inc. (1990)
Most recently applied in Freeby v. Hoodoo Ski Bowl Developers, Inc. (October 2025)
1979 c.665 §2
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