Title 33, Parks and Wildlife
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 33-44-101 Short title
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the Ski Safety Act of 1979. Source: L. 79: Entire article added, p. 1237, � 1, effective July 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 33-44-102 Legislative declaration
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The general assembly hereby finds and declares that it is in the interest of the state of Colorado to establish reasonable safety standards for the operation of ski areas and for the skiers using them. Realizing the dangers that inhere in the sport of skiing, regardless of any an…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 33-44-103 Definitions
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As used in this article 44, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Base area lift means any passenger tramway which skiers ordinarily use without first using some other passenger tramway. (2) Competitor means a skier actually engaged in competition, a special event, or traini…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 33-44-104 Negligence - civil actions
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(1) A violation of any requirement of this article shall, to the extent such violation causes injury to any person or damage to property, constitute negligence on the part of the person violating such requirement. (2) A violation by a ski area operator of any requirement of this …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 33-44-105 Duties of passengers
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(1) No passenger shall board a passenger tramway if he does not have sufficient physical dexterity, ability, and knowledge to negotiate or use such facility safely or until such passenger has asked for and received information sufficient to enable him to use the equipment safely.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 33-44-106 Duties of operators - signs
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(1) Each ski area operator shall maintain a sign system with concise, simple, and pertinent information for the protection and instruction of passengers. Signs shall be prominently placed on each passenger tramway readable in conditions of ordinary visibility and, where applicabl…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 33-44-108 Ski area operators - additional duties
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(1) Any motorized snow-grooming vehicle shall be equipped with a light visible at any time the vehicle is moving on or in the vicinity of a ski slope or trail. (2) Whenever maintenance equipment is being employed to maintain or groom any ski slope or trail while such ski slope or…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 33-44-109 Duties of skiers - penalties
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(1) Each skier solely has the responsibility for knowing the range of his own ability to negotiate any ski slope or trail and to ski within the limits of such ability. Each skier expressly accepts and assumes the risk of and all legal responsibility for any injury to person or pr…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 33-44-110 Competition and freestyle terrain
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(1) The ski area operator shall, prior to use of any portion of the area made available by the ski area operator, allow each competitor an opportunity to reasonably visually inspect the course, venue, or area. (2) The competitor shall be held to assume the risk of all course, ven…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 33-44-111 Statute of limitation
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All actions against any ski area operator or its employees brought to recover damages for injury to person or property caused by the maintenance, supervision, or operation of a passenger tramway or a ski area shall be brought within two years after the claim for relief arises and…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 33-44-113 Limitation of liability
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The total amount of damages which may be recovered from a ski area operator by a skier who uses a ski area for the purpose of skiing or for the purpose of sliding downhill on snow or ice on skis, a toboggan, a sled, a tube, a skibob, a snowboard, or any other device and who is in…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 33-44-114 Inconsistent law or statute
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Insofar as any provision of law or statute is inconsistent with the provisions of this article, this article controls. Source: L. 90: Entire section added, p. 1544, � 7, effective July 1. Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 1990 act enacting this se…