§ 33-44-114. Inconsistent Law or Statute
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 section, see section 1 of chapter 256, Session Laws of […]
§ 33-44-109. Duties of Skiers – Penalties
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 property resulting from any of the […]
§ 33-44-110. Competition and Freestyle Terrain
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. The competitor shall be held to assume the risk of all course, venue, or area conditions, including, but not limited […]
§ 33-44-111. Statute of Limitation
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 not thereafter. Source: L. 79: Entire article […]
§ 33-44-112. Limitation on Actions for Injury Resulting From Inherent Dangers and Risks of Skiing
Notwithstanding any judicial decision or any other law or statute to the contrary, including but not limited to sections 13-21-111 and 13-21-111.7, C.R.S., no skier may make any claim against or recover from any ski area operator for injury resulting from any of the inherent dangers and risks of skiing. Source: L. 90: Entire section […]
§ 33-44-113. Limitation of Liability
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 […]
§ 33-44-101. Short Title
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.
§ 33-44-102. Legislative Declaration
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 and all reasonable safety measures that can […]
§ 33-44-103. Definitions
As used in this article 44, unless the context otherwise requires: “Base area lift” means any passenger tramway which skiers ordinarily use without first using some other passenger tramway. “Competitor” means a skier actually engaged in competition, a special event, or training or practicing for competition or a special event on any portion of the […]
§ 33-44-104. Negligence – Civil Actions
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. A violation by a ski area operator of any requirement of this article 44 or any rule promulgated by the passenger […]