The use of ski area premises and facilities and participation in activities at ski areas involves various risks, dangers and hazards.

It is a condition of your use of the premises and facilities and your participation in these activities that you assume all risk of personal injury, death or property loss resulting from any cause whatsoever, including negligence, breach of contract, or breach of any duty of care on the part of the ski area operator.

Your legal responsibility as a user of the ski area premises and facilities or participant in activities at the ski area is explained in the following notice, which you will see posted at the ski area.

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FOR ALL VISITORS TO THE SNOW VALLEY FACILITY:

Be aware of Slips, Trips and Falls.
Footwear plays an important role in reducing the risk of slips, trips and falls. Your footwear should be appropriate for the season, weather conditions and activity. Many types of footwear do not provide good traction, and extra caution should be used when visiting a Snow Valley.

Visiting Snow Valley involves various potential risks, dangers and hazards including but not limited to the following:

  • Uneven or cracked surfaces;
  • negligence of other persons;
  • changing weather conditions, including frequent thawing and freezing in the winter;
  • encounters with domestic and wild animals including dogs and coyotes;
  • ungroomed and unkept grounds, trails and areas;
  • loss of balance;
  • dim or low lighting;
  • negligent first aid;
  • ice, snow, and slush in parking lots and on stairs, roads, sidewalks and pathways;
  • variations in the terrain or surface including but not limited to ruts, crevasses, holes, rocks, gravel, tree roots and other natural objects;
  • icy of slippery condition of snow in and around ski hill and other winter activity areas;
  • infectious disease contracted through viruses, bacteria, parasites, and fungi which may be transmitted through direct or indirect contact;
  • failure to act safely or within one's own ability or to stay within designated areas;
  • and NEGLIGENCE ON THE PART OF THE OPERATOR and its directors, officers, employees, instructors, agents, representatiives, volunteers, independent contractors, subcontractors, sponsors, successors and assigns;
  • wet and/or slippery ground and floors;
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    FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS OF SNOW VALLEY AERIAL PARK, WHITEMUD CREEK MINING CO. & TARGET GOLF

    Aerial adventure parks, zip lines, climbing walls, target golf and other adventure activities involve many inherent risks, dangers and hazards including but not limited to:

  • walking on rough and uneven terrain (choose footwear carefully);
  • failure to act safely or within one’s own ability or to stay within designated areas;
  • weather conditions which may cause the walkways, decks, equipment, apparatus and zip lines to be slippery or hot;
  • infectious disease contracted through viruses, bacteria, parasites, and fungi.
  • extreme and variable weather including but not limited to electrical storms, hail, snow, poor air quality or high winds;
  • exposed and falling earth, ice, trees, tree stumps, and forest deadfall or other natural object;
  • equipment failure; failure to properly adjust or fasten equipment; improper use of equipment;
  • encounters with domestic and wild animals including dogs and coyotes;
  • over-exertion, shock, stress or other injury to the body;
  • negligence of other participants and other persons;
  • falls from heights;
  • negligent first aid;
  • travel on back-country roads;
  • impact or collision with objects, trees, or people;