N.Y. General Obligations Law § 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.