§ 18-104. Duties of passengers. All passengers shall have the following duties:

Terms Used In N.Y. General Obligations Law 18-104

  • Passenger: means a person in or on or being transported by a tramway. See N.Y. General Obligations Law 18-102
  • Passenger tramway: means a mechanical device intended to transport skiers for the purpose of providing access to ski slopes and trails as defined by the commissioner of labor pursuant to § 202 of the labor law. See N.Y. General Obligations Law 18-102
  • Ski area: means all ski slopes, ski trails and passenger tramways administered as a single enterprise within this state. See N.Y. General Obligations Law 18-102
  • Ski area operator: means a person, firm or corporation, and its agents and employees, having operational and administrative responsibility for any ski area, including any agency of the state, any political subdivision thereof, and any other governmental agency or instrumentality. See N.Y. General Obligations Law 18-102

1. To familiarize themselves with the safe use of any tramway prior to its use;

2. To remain in the tramway if the operation of a passenger tramway, as defined pursuant to § 202-c of the labor law, is interrupted for any reason, until instructions or aid are provided by the ski area operator;

3. To board or disembark from passenger tramways only at points or areas designated by the ski area operator;

4. Not to eject any objects or material from a passenger tramway;

5. To use restraint devices in accordance with posted instructions;

6. To wear retention straps or other devices to prevent runaway skis;

7. Not to interfere with the operation of a passenger tramway;

8. Not to place or caused to be placed on the uphill track of a surface lift any object which may interfere with its normal operation; and

9. Not to wear loose scarves, clothing or accessories or expose long hair which may become entangled with any part of the device.