23-2-653. Snowmobile area operators -- duties. (1) Consistent with the duty of reasonable care owed by a snowmobile area operator to a snowmobiler, the person responsible for the maintenance of or operation of a snowmobile area shall mark all trail maintenance vehicles and furnish the vehicles with flashing or rotating lights that must be in operation whenever the vehicles are working or are in movement in the snowmobile area.
(2) The snowmobile area operator owes a duty of reasonable care, as required by 27-1-701, to a snowmobiler except for the risks inherent in the sport of snowmobiling.
(3) Except as provided in this section, a snowmobile area operator has no duty to eliminate, alter, control, or lessen the risks inherent in the sport of snowmobiling.
History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 440, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 145, L. 1999.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 23. Parks, Recreation, Sports, and Gambling
23-2-602. Report of stolen and recovered snowmobiles
23-2-603. through 23-2-610 reserved
23-2-611. Certificate of title
23-2-615.1. Renumbered 23-2-626
23-2-616. Registration and registration decal -- application and issuance -- use of certain fees
23-2-621. Registration of a snowmobile owned and operated solely as a collector's item
23-2-622. Registration of racing snowmobile not required
23-2-623. through 23-2-625 reserved
23-2-627. through 23-2-630 reserved
23-2-631. Operation on public roads, streets, and highways
23-2-632. Unlawful operation of snowmobiles
23-2-633. Other unlawful operation
23-2-634. Regulation of snowmobile noise
23-2-635. Accidents involving snowmobiles
23-2-636. Winter trail pass -- fees -- penalties
23-2-637. through 23-2-640 reserved
23-2-643. Regulation by local government precluded
23-2-644. Deposit of funds from fines and forfeitures
23-2-645. through 23-2-650 reserved
23-2-653. Snowmobile area operators -- duties
23-2-654. Snowmobiler's assumption of responsibility -- duties