2012 New York Consolidated Laws
GOB - General Obligations
Article 18 - (18-101 - 18-108) SAFETY IN SKIING CODE
18-102 - Definitions.

 
    § 18-102. Definitions.  The  following  words and phrases when used in
  this article shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise,
  the meanings given to them in this section:
    1. "Lift ticket" means any item issued by a ski area operator  to  any
  skier  that  is intended to be affixed to the outerwear of the skier, or
  otherwise displayed by a skier, to signify lawful entry upon and use  of
  the  passenger  tramways  or  ski slopes or trails maintained by the ski
  area operator.
    2. "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 section two hundred
  two-c or eight hundred sixty-seven of the labor law.
    3. "Passenger" means a person in or  on  or  being  transported  by  a
  tramway.
    4.  "Ski area" means all ski slopes, ski trails and passenger tramways
  administered as a single enterprise within this state.
    5. "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.
    6. "Skier" means any person wearing a  ski  or  skis  and  any  person
  actually  on a ski slope or trail located at a ski area, for the purpose
  of skiing.
    7. "Ski slopes and trails" mean those areas designated by the ski area
  operator for skiing.