Maine § 15218. - Duties of skiers and tramway passengers; acts prohibited

§ 15218.. Duties of skiers and tramway passengers; acts prohibited

A person engaged in skiing or riding on a tramway may not:   [PL 1995, c. 560, Pt. H, §14 (NEW); PL 1995, c. 560, Pt. H, §17 (AFF).]

1.  Embark or disembark from tramway except as designated.  Embark or disembark from any tramway, except at a designated area;

2.  Throw or expel objects from tramway.  While riding on any tramway or similar device, throw or expel any object or do any act or thing that interferes with the running of that tramway;

3.  Engage in harmful conduct.  While riding on any tramway, willfully engage in any type of conduct that will contribute to or cause injury to any person, or to the tramway, or willfully place any object in the uphill ski track that will cause injury to any person or cause damage to or derailment of the tramway;

4.  Closed trails.  Ski or otherwise use a slope or trail that has been designated "closed" by the operator without written permission of the operator or the operator's designee;

5.  Removal or destruction of signs.  Remove, alter, deface or destroy any sign or notice placed in the ski area or on the trail by the operator; or

6.  Out-of-bounds areas.  Ski or otherwise use any portion of the ski area that is not a part of a regular network of trails or areas open to the public, including wooded areas between trails, undeveloped areas and all other portions not open to the public, if the operator has properly posted these areas as being closed to public access.