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Terms Used In Idaho Code 6-3307

  • Aerial passenger tramway: means any device operated by a mountain operator used to transport passengers by single or double reversible tramway; chairlift or gondola lift; T-bar lift, J-bar lift, platter lift, or similar device; a fiber rope or wire rope tow, or a conveyor that is subject to regulations adopted by the proper authority. See Idaho Code 6-3302
  • Bicyclist: means any person present at a mountain area under the control of a mountain operator for the purpose of engaging in activities, including but not limited to bicycling downhill or uphill, jumping on a bicycle or any other cycling device, or who is using any mountain area. See Idaho Code 6-3302
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Mountain area: means the property owned, leased, or authorized under a special use permit and under the control of the mountain operator within the state of Idaho. See Idaho Code 6-3302
  • Mountain operator: means any person, partnership, corporation, or other commercial entity, and its agents, officers, employees, or representatives, who has operational responsibility for nonwinter activities at any mountain area and the use of an aerial passenger tramway during spring, summer, and fall. See Idaho Code 6-3302
  • Passenger: means any person who is lawfully using an aerial passenger tramway or is waiting to embark or has recently disembarked from an aerial passenger tramway and is in its immediate vicinity. See Idaho Code 6-3302
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person;
Idaho Code 73-114
Any mountain operator shall be liable for loss or damages caused by its failure to follow the duties set forth in sections 6-3303 and 6-3304, Idaho Code, where the violation of duty is causally related to the loss or damage suffered. The mountain operator shall not be liable to any passenger or bicyclist acting in violation of its duties as set forth in sections 6-3305 and 6-3306, Idaho Code, where the violation of duty is causally related to the loss or damage suffered; nor shall a mountain operator be liable for any injury or damage to a person who is not legally entitled to be in the mountain area, or for any loss or damages caused by any object dropped, thrown, or expelled by a passenger from an aerial passenger tramway.