N.Y. Gen. Oblig. Law § 18-103 Duties of Ski Area Operators

• Library: New York Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through 2023 NY Law Chapter 774
• Year: 2023
• Citation: N.Y. Gen. Oblig. Law § 18-103

Every ski area operator shall have the following duties:

1. To equip all trail maintenance vehicles with such warning implements or devices as shall be specified by the commissioner of labor pursuant to section eight hundred sixty-seven of the labor law. Such implements or devices shall be present and operating whenever the vehicle is within the borders of any slope or trail.

2. To post in a location likely to be seen by all skiers signs of such size and color as will enable skiers to have knowledge of their responsibilities under this article.

3. To hold employee training sessions at least once before the beginning of each season, the contents of which shall be specified by the commissioner of labor upon the recommendation of the passenger tramway advisory council, as follows:

a. for operators of trail maintenance equipment concerning the safe operation of such vehicles in the ski area;

b. for passenger tramway attendants concerning the safe operation of passenger tramways;

c. for ski personnel charged with the responsibility of evacuating passengers from passenger tramways concerning proper evacuation techniques; and d. for all other personnel charged with on-mountain maintenance, inspection or patrol duties as to methods to be used for summoning aid in emergencies.

4. To conspicuously mark with such implements as may be specified by the commissioner of labor pursuant to section eight hundred sixty-seven of the labor law, the location of such man-made obstructions as, but not limited to, snow-making equipment, electrical outlets, timing equipment, stanchions, pipes, or storage areas that are within the borders of the designated slope or trail, when the top of such obstruction is less than six feet above snow level.

5. To maintain in a central location at the ski area an information board or boards showing at a minimum the following:

a. the location of tramways, slopes or trails;

b. the status of each trail-open or closed;

c. the location of emergency communications or medical equipment and sites designated by the ski area operator for receipt of notice from skiers pursuant to subdivision thirteen of this section;

d. the relative degree of difficulty of each slope or trail (at a minimum easier, more difficult, most difficult); and e. the general surface condition of each slope and trail as most recently recorded in the log required to be maintained by subdivision six of this section.

6. To inspect each open slope or trail that is open to the public within the ski area at least twice a day, and enter the results of such inspection in a log which shall be available for examination by the commissioner of labor. The log shall note: