Ski Safety Act
Colorado · Parks and Wildlife · §§ 33-44-101 to 33-44-114 · 14 sections
Overview
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.
Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.
In the courts
Sections of this act have been cited in 1 court decision.
Most-cited authority: 997 F.3d 1095 - Standish v. Jackson Hole Mountain Resort
Sections covered
- C.R.S. § 33-44-101Short title
- C.R.S. § 33-44-102Legislative declaration
- C.R.S. § 33-44-103Definitions1 cite
- C.R.S. § 33-44-104Negligence
- C.R.S. § 33-44-105Duties of passengers
- C.R.S. § 33-44-106Duties of operators
- C.R.S. § 33-44-107Duties of ski area operators
- C.R.S. § 33-44-108Ski area operators
- C.R.S. § 33-44-109Duties of skiers
- C.R.S. § 33-44-110Competition and freestyle terrain
- C.R.S. § 33-44-111Statute of limitation
- C.R.S. § 33-44-112Limitation on actions for injury resulting from inherent dangers and risks of skiing
- C.R.S. § 33-44-113Limitation of liability
- C.R.S. § 33-44-114Inconsistent law or statute
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