Colorado § 33-44-108 Ski area operators - additional duties

Colorado Statutes

§ 33-44-108 — Ski area operators - additional duties

Colorado § 33-44-108

Title 33Parks and

Art.Ski Safety and Liability

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 33-44-108 (2026).

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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 trail is open to the public, the ski area operator shall place or cause to be placed a conspicuous notice to that effect at or near the top of that ski slope or trail. This requirement shall not apply to maintenance equipment transiting to or from a grooming project.

(3)All snowmobiles operated on the ski slopes or trails of a ski area shall be equipped with at least the following: One lighted headlamp, one lighted red tail lamp, a brake system maintained in operable condition, and a fluorescent flag at

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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 trail is open to the public, the ski
area operator shall place or cause to be placed a conspicuous notice to that effect
at or near the top of that ski slope or trail. This requirement shall not apply to
maintenance equipment transiting to or from a grooming project.

(3) All snowmobiles operated on the ski slopes or trails of a ski area shall be
equipped with at least the following: One lighted headlamp, one lighted red tail
lamp, a brake system maintained in operable condition, and a fluorescent flag at
least forty square inches mounted at least six feet above the bottom of the tracks.

(4) The ski area operator shall have no duty arising out of its status as a ski
area operator to any skier skiing beyond the area boundaries marked as required by
section 33-44-107 (6).

(5) The ski area operator, upon finding a person skiing in a careless and
reckless manner, may revoke that person's skiing privileges. This subsection (5)
shall not be construed to create an affirmative duty on the part of the ski area
operator to protect skiers from their own or from another skier's carelessness or
recklessness.

Legislative History

Source: L. 79: Entire article added, p. 1242, � 1, effective July 1. L. 90: (5) amended, p. 1542, � 4, effective July 1. L. 2004: (2) amended, p. 1384, � 3, effective May 28.