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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 408.344

  • Operator: means a person who owns or controls, or who has operational responsibility for, a ski area or ski lift. See Michigan Laws 408.322
  • Passenger: means a person, skier or nonskier, who boards, disembarks from, or is transported by a ski lift, regardless of whether the ski lift is being used during the skiing season or nonskiing season, and includes a person waiting for or moving away from the loading or unloading point of a ski lift. See Michigan Laws 408.322
  • Skier: means a person wearing skis or utilizing a device that attaches to at least 1 foot or the lower torso for the purpose of sliding on a slope. See Michigan Laws 408.322
     A skier or passenger who violates this act, or an operator who violates this act shall be liable for that portion of the loss or damage resulting from that violation.