North Carolina · statute · N.C. Gen. Stat. ch. 99C · 14 active provisions
(Effective until October 1, 2026) Definitions. When used in this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Competitor. - 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…
(Effective until October 1, 2026) Duties of ski area operators and skiers. (a) A ski area operator shall be responsible for the maintenance and safe operation of any passenger tramway in his ski area and insure that such is in conformity with the rules and regulations prescribed and adopted by the North Carolina Depart…
(Effective until October 1, 2026) Violation constitutes negligence. A violation of any responsibility placed on the skier, passenger or ski area operator as set forth in G.S. 99C-2, to the extent such violation proximately causes injury to any person or damage to any property, shall constitute negligence on the part of…
(Effective until October 1, 2026) Competition. The ski area operator shall, prior to the beginning of a competition, allow each competitor a reasonable visual inspection of the course or area where the competition is to be held. The competitor shall be held to assume risk of all course conditions including, but not lim…
Operation of passenger tramway. The operation of a passenger tramway shall not constitute the operation of a common carrier. (1981, c. 939, s. 1.)
(Effective October 1, 2026) Assumption of risk. Skiers are deemed to have knowledge of and to assume the inherent risks of skiing. (2026-49, s. 1(a).)
(Effective October 1, 2026) Liability of ski area operator. No ski area operator who has complied with G.S. 99C-2 shall be liable to any person who voluntarily participates in skiing for any damage or injury to property or persons that arises out of a person's participation in the activity that takes place in a ski are…
(Effective October 1, 2026) Misuse of ski passes and season passes; unauthorized access to and use of ski area. (a) Violation. - It shall be unlawful for any person to do any of the following acts: (1) Use a stolen, fictitious, or borrowed ski pass or season pass for the purpose of obtaining services of any kind from a…
(Effective October 1, 2026) Hit and run ski collision. (a) Violation. - It shall be unlawful for a skier to leave the vicinity when the skier knows or should reasonably know that they were involved in a collision with another skier before giving his or her name and current address to an employee or agent of the ski are…
(Effective October 1, 2026) Civil action. A ski area operator may bring a civil action against a person who misuses a ski pass or season pass or who accesses or uses a ski area without authorization from the ski area operator and shall be entitled to recover an amount equal to the regular cost of a full season pass to…
(Effective October 1, 2026) Limited immunity. A ski area operator's agent or employee who detains or causes the arrest of any person shall not be held civilly liable for detention, malicious prosecution, false imprisonment, or false arrest of the person detained or arrested, if (i) within the premises of the ski area,…
(Effective October 1, 2026) Medical bills as evidence. Evidence offered to prove past medical expenses shall be limited to evidence of the amounts actually paid to satisfy the bills that have been satisfied, regardless of the source of payment, and evidence of the amounts actually necessary to satisfy the bills that ha…
(Effective October 1, 2026) Public policy of waivers. It is the public policy of the State of North Carolina that waivers of liability executed in conjunction with winter sports are an express acknowledgement of the inherent risks set out in G.S. 99C-1(1b) enumerated in that document. (2026-49, s. 1(a).)
(Effective October 1, 2026) Ski patrol and volunteers. The provisions of G.S. 95-25.3 (minimum wage), 95-25.4 (overtime), 95-25.5 (youth employment), and 95-25.15(b) (record keeping) do not apply to a bona fide volunteer who volunteers at a ski area. For the purposes of this section, a "bona fide volunteer" is (i) a vo…