(1) It is recognized that bicycling as a recreational sport is hazardous, regardless of all feasible safety measures that can be taken.
(2)  Each bicyclist expressly assumes the risk of and legal responsibility for any injury to person or property that results from participation in the sport of bicycling, including any injury caused by but not limited to the following: uneven or slippery trail and feature conditions, varying slopes and terrain, bumps, stumps, trees, roots, forest growth, cliffs, rock and rock drops, loose gravel and dirt, wet surfaces, holes and potholes, downed timber, debris, depressions, other bicycles, dark tunnels, jumps, dirt and wood features and other constructed features, lift loading and unloading, padded and nonpadded barriers, paved surfaces, collisions with vehicles owned or operated by individuals or entities other than the mountain operator, other bicyclists, pedestrians, wildlife, objects or heavy equipment, and mechanical or other failure of rental or personal equipment not including equipment rented out by the mountain operator.

Terms Used In Idaho Code 6-3306

  • Aerial passenger tramway: means any device operated by a mountain operator used to transport passengers by single or double reversible tramway; chairlift or gondola lift; T-bar lift, J-bar lift, platter lift, or similar device; a fiber rope or wire rope tow, or a conveyor that is subject to regulations adopted by the proper authority. See Idaho Code 6-3302
  • Bicyclist: means any person present at a mountain area under the control of a mountain operator for the purpose of engaging in activities, including but not limited to bicycling downhill or uphill, jumping on a bicycle or any other cycling device, or who is using any mountain area. See Idaho Code 6-3302
  • Mountain area: means the property owned, leased, or authorized under a special use permit and under the control of the mountain operator within the state of Idaho. See Idaho Code 6-3302
  • Mountain operator: means any person, partnership, corporation, or other commercial entity, and its agents, officers, employees, or representatives, who has operational responsibility for nonwinter activities at any mountain area and the use of an aerial passenger tramway during spring, summer, and fall. See Idaho Code 6-3302
  • Passenger: means any person who is lawfully using an aerial passenger tramway or is waiting to embark or has recently disembarked from an aerial passenger tramway and is in its immediate vicinity. See Idaho Code 6-3302
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person;
Idaho Code 73-114
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Idaho Code 73-114
    • (3)  Each bicyclist shall have the sole individual responsibility for knowing the range of his own ability to negotiate any trail, and it shall be the duty of each bicyclist to bicycle within the limits of the bicyclist’s own ability, to maintain reasonable control of speed and course at all times while bicycling, to heed all posted warnings and safety requirements, to bicycle only on a bicycling area designated by the mountain operator, and to refrain from acting in a manner that may cause or contribute to the injury of anyone. The responsibility for collisions by any bicyclist while actually bicycling, with any person, shall be solely that of the individual or individuals involved in such collision and not that of the mountain operator.
    (4)  No person shall place any object in the mountain area or on the uphill track of any aerial passenger tramway that may cause a passenger or bicyclist to fall; cross the track of any T-bar lift, J-bar lift, platter lift or similar device, a fiber rope or wire rope tow, and a conveyor, except at a designated location; or depart when involved in a bicycling accident from the scene of the accident without leaving personal identification, including name and address, before notifying the proper authorities or obtaining assistance when that person knows that any other person involved in the accident is in need of medical or other assistance.