Alaska Ski Safety Act

The act governs safety at ski areas by allocating legal responsibility between ski area operators and the skiers and tramway passengers who use their facilities. Operators are required to maintain a safety plan and ski patrol, to post prescribed signs at tramways and on trails and slopes, and to meet other operational duties, while skiers bear their own defined responsibilities — including when they pass outside marked boundaries — and may have their skiing privileges revoked for reckless conduct. It also shapes civil litigation arising from skiing, placing limits on such actions and addressing the effect of violations of its requirements, the use of liability releases, and operator immunity in connection with competitions.

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