2005 North Carolina Code - General Statutes § 99C-1. Definitions.

Chapter 99C.

Actions Relating to Skier Safety and Skiing Accidents.

§ 99C‑1.  Definitions.

When used in this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1)       "Competitor" means a skier actually engaged in competition or in practice therefor with the permission of the ski area operator on any slope or trail or portion thereof designated by the ski area operator for the purpose of competition.

(2)       "Passenger" means any person who is being transported or is awaiting transportation, or being conveyed on a passenger tramway or is moving from the disembarkation point of a passenger tramway or is in the act of embarking upon or disembarking from a passenger tramway.

(3)       "Passenger Tramway" shall mean any device used to transport passengers uphill on skis, or in cars on tracks, or suspended in the air, by the use of steel cables, chains, belts or ropes. Such definition shall include such devices as a chair lift, J Bar, or platter pull, rope tow, and wire tow.

(4)       "Ski Area" means all the ski slopes, ski trails, and passenger tramways, that are administered or operated as a ski area enterprise within this State.

(5)       "Ski Area Operator" means a person, corporation, or organization that is responsible for the safe operation and maintenance of the ski area.

(6)       "Skier" means any person who is wearing skis or any person who for the purpose of skiing is on a designated and clearly marked ski slope or ski trail that is located at a ski area, or any person who is a passenger or spectator at a ski area. (1981, c. 939, s. 1.)