Section 53-09-02 - DefinitionsThe following words and phrases when used in this chapter have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the meaning given to them in this section:
1. "Aerial passenger tramway" means any device operated by a ski area 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; or a fiber rope tow.2. "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.3. "Ski area" means property owned or leased and under the control of the ski area operator and administered as a single enterprise within the state of North Dakota.4. "Ski area operator" means any person, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or other commercial entity and their agents, officers, managers, employees, or representatives, who has operational responsibility for any ski area or aerial passenger tramway.5. "Ski slopes and trails" means those areas designed by the ski area operator to be used by skiers for the purpose of participating in the sport of skiing.6. "Skier" means any person present at a skiing area under the control of the ski operator for the purpose of engaging in the sport of skiing by utilizing the ski slopes and trails and does not include the use of an aerial passenger tramway.7. "Skiing area" means all slopes and trails not including any aerial passenger tramway.