2011 Connecticut Code
Title 29 Public Safety and State Police
Chapter 538a Passenger Tramways
Sec. 29-211. (Formerly Sec. 19-418k). Duties of operator of passenger tramway or ski area.

      Sec. 29-211. (Formerly Sec. 19-418k). Duties of operator of passenger tramway or ski area. In the operation of a passenger tramway or ski area, each operator shall have the obligation to perform certain duties including, but not limited to: (1) Conspicuously marking all trail maintenance vehicles and furnishing the vehicles with flashing or rotating lights which shall be operated whenever the vehicles are working or moving within the skiing area; (2) conspicuously marking the location of any hydrant or similar device used in snow-making operations and placed on a trail or slope; (3) conspicuously marking the entrance to each trail or slope with a symbol, adopted or approved by the National Ski Areas Association, which identifies the relative degree of difficulty of such trail or slope or warns that such trail or slope is closed; (4) conspicuously marking any lift tower that is located on a trail or slope and is not readily visible; (5) maintaining one or more trail boards, at prominent locations within the ski area, displaying such area's network of ski trails and slopes, designating each trail or slope in the same manner as provided in subdivision (3) of this section and notifying each skier that the wearing of ski retention straps or other devices used to prevent runaway skis is required by this section, section 29-201 and sections 29-212 to 29-213, inclusive; (6) in the event maintenance personnel or equipment are being employed on any trail or slope during the hours at which such trail or slope is open to the public, conspicuously posting notice thereof at the entrance to such trail or slope; and (7) conspicuously marking trail or slope intersections.

      (P.A. 79-629, S. 2; P.A. 05-78, S. 1.)

      History: Sec. 19-418k transferred to Sec. 29-211 in 1983; P.A. 05-78 replaced "marking all lift towers within the confines of any trail or slope" with "marking any lift tower that is located on a trail or slope and is not readily visible" in Subdiv. (4) and made technical changes in Subdivs. (5) and (6).