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“Inherent risks of skiing” means the dangers or conditions that are an integral part of the sport of recreational, competitive, or professional skiing, including:
Terms Used In Utah Code 78B-4-402- Injury: means any personal injury or property damage or loss. See Utah Code 78B-4-402
- Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Ski area: means any area designated by a ski area operator to be used for skiing, nordic, freestyle or other type of ski jumping, or snowboarding. See Utah Code 78B-4-402
- Ski area operator: includes an agent, an officer, an employee, or a representative of the person that operates a ski area. See Utah Code 78B-4-402
- Skier: means an individual present in a ski area for the purpose of engaging in the sport of skiing, nordic, freestyle, or other types of ski jumping, or using skis, a sled, a tube, a snowboard, or any other device. See Utah Code 78B-4-402
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changing weather conditions; |
(b) |
snow or ice conditions as the snow or ice conditions exist or may change, including hard pack, powder, packed powder, wind pack, corn, crust, slush, cut-up snow, or machine-made snow; |
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surface or subsurface conditions, including bare spots, forest growth, rocks, stumps, streambeds, cliffs, trees, or other natural objects; |
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variations or steepness in terrain, whether natural or as a result of slope design, snowmaking or grooming operations, or other terrain modifications, including:
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terrain features, including jumps, rails, or fun boxes; or |
(iii) |
all other constructed and natural features, including half pipes, quarter pipes, or freestyle-bump terrain; |
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(e) |
impact with lift towers, other structures, or their components, including signs, posts, fences or enclosures, hydrants, or water pipes; |
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collisions with other skiers; |
(g) |
participation in, or practicing or training for, competitions or special events; and |
(h) |
the failure of a skier to ski within the skier’s own ability. |
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