Duties and Responsibilities of Each Skier; Assumption of Risk

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Any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding:

  1. Each individual skier has the responsibility for knowing the range of his or her own ability to negotiate any ski slope or trail or any portion thereof and must ski within the limits of his or her ability. Each skier expressly accepts and assumes the risk of any injury or death or damage to property resulting from any of the inherent dangers and risks of skiing, as set forth in this chapter; provided, however, that injuries sustained in a collision with another skier are not an inherent risk of the sport for purposes of this Code section;
  2. Each skier has the duty to maintain control of his or her speed and course at all times and to maintain a proper lookout so as to be able to avoid other skiers and objects, natural or manmade. The skier shall have the primary duty to avoid colliding with any persons or objects below him or her on the trail;
  3. No skier shall ski on a ski slope or trail that has been posted as closed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter;
  4. Each skier shall stay clear of all snow grooming or snow making equipment, vehicles, lift towers, signs, and any other equipment at the ski area;
  5. Each skier shall obey all posted information, warnings, and requirements and shall refrain from acting in any manner that might cause or contribute to the injury of the skier or any other person. Each skier shall be charged with having seen and understood all information posted as required or permitted in this chapter. Each skier shall locate and ascertain the meaning of all signs posted in accordance with this chapter;
  6. Each sliding device used by a skier shall be equipped with a strap or other device designed to help reduce the risk of any runaway equipment should it become unattached from the skier;
  7. No skier shall cross the uphill track of any surface lift device except at locations designated by the operator, nor shall any person place any object in the uphill track of such a device;
  8. Before beginning to ski from a stationary position, or before entering a ski slope or trail, the skier shall have the duty of yielding to moving skiers already using the slope or trail;
  9. No skier shall stop where he or she obstructs a trail or is not visible from higher on the slope or trail; and
  10. No skier shall board or use or attempt to board or use any passenger tramway of any type or use any ski slope or trail while that skier's ability to do so is impaired by alcohol, drugs, or any controlled substance.

(Code 1981, §43-43A-7, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 1190, § 1.)


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