If you are injured while skiing you generally will not be able to recover unless there has not been warning signs posted, or unless a ski-area operator in the parking lot injured you.[21]
Under the Ski Safety Act, ski areas are protected from liability for injuries or death resulting from the “inherent dangers and risks of skiing.” The inherent dangers and risks of skiing are defined to include “weather conditions, snow conditions, surface and subsurface conditions, natural objects, man-made objects, variation in the steepness or terrain (whether natural or as a result of slope design, snow making or grooming operations) roads, collisions with other skiers, and the failure of the skier to ski within his own abilities.”[22]