Vermont

Vermont statutes provide that a skier assumes those inherent dangers that are obvious and necessary. V.S. § 1037. A skier’s assumption of the inherent risks of skiing does not abrogate the ski area’s duty to warn of or correct dangers which in the exercise of reasonable prudence in the circumstances could have been foreseen and corrected. Dalury v. S-K-I, Ltd., 670 A.2d 795, 800 (Vt. 1995). The Supreme Court of Vermont has held that if ski area operators were permitted to obtain broad waivers of their liability, an important incentive for ski areas to manage risk would be removed with the public bearing the cost of the resulting injuries. Dalury, 670 A.2d at 799.