Ski Law Archives

The Original Ski Lawyers

Linda: In 1980, Jim Chalat published a law review article about the Colorado Skier Safety Act. It had been...

The injury rate for recreational skiers and snowboarders is approximately 1.37 per 1,000 skier/snowboarder visits. In Colorado, this translates...

What is a ski collision case? Skiing is not a contact sport and being blindsided by another skier or...

Colorado’s “Ski Safety Act,” located at Colo. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 33-44-101 to -114 provides for skier assumption of...

Parents have joined forces to urge Colorado lawmakers to be aggressive towards the legislation renewing the Colorado Passenger Tramway...

Summit County community members gathered in late January, to discuss safety on the slopes. The discussion was led by...

Jim Chalat presented as a faculty member at the 35th Annual National CLE Conference – Civil Litigation at Vail,...

The ski season has just begun, yet a death has already occurred at Monarch Ski Resort. The victim was...

On January 26, 2017, R.F. was skiing with Beaver Creek/Vail Resort ski instructor Jennifer Ellis. Ms. Ellis and R.F....