Terms of Use

Fall Line is operated by [LEGAL NAME OF OPERATOR] (“Fall Line”, “we”, “us”). By using the site you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you don’t agree, please don’t use Fall Line.

You must be at least 13 years old to use Fall Line. If you’re under the age of majority where you live, you need a parent or guardian’s permission, and they agree to these Terms for you.

You need an account to post, vote, rate or keep a profile. Give us a real email address you can access, keep your password to yourself, and tell us if you think someone else is using your account. You’re responsible for what happens under your account. One person per account, and don’t pick a handle that impersonates someone else or that you don’t have the right to use.

“Your content” means anything you post: photos, YouTube links, captions, tips, comments, questions, answers, reports, polls, ratings and profile details.

You keep ownership of your content. By posting it, you give Fall Line a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, copy, display, resize and format it, and to show it on Fall Line and in links and previews of Fall Line pages, for as long as it’s on the site. This license ends when you delete the content or your account, except for copies in backups for a limited time and content other riders have already responded to where removing it isn’t practical.

When you post, you promise that:

• you created it or have the rights and permissions needed to post it;
• anyone who can be clearly identified in a photo or video agreed to it being shared where that matters (for example, close-ups, or anyone under 18), and you don’t post photos of people in a way that embarrasses or targets them;
• it’s honest: reports and ratings reflect what you actually saw and think.

Video clips are hosted on YouTube, so YouTube’s own terms also apply to them.

Keep it about skiing and riding, and treat other riders with respect. Don’t:

• harass, threaten, bully or post hateful content about anyone;
• post anything illegal, sexual, violent or dangerous, or that encourages others to break the law or a resort’s rules;
• post fake reports or ratings, spam, or advertising;
• share someone else’s personal information;
• post content that infringes someone’s copyright, trademark or other rights;
• try to break, overload or get around the security of the site, scrape it in bulk, or access accounts or data that aren’t yours.

Clips, tips, comments, polls, questions, answers and conditions reports have a report option. Use it to flag anything that breaks these rules. We may review, edit the presentation of, hide or remove any content, and warn, limit, suspend or close any account, at our discretion, including when we believe it’s needed to protect riders or Fall Line. We aren’t obliged to monitor everything posted and can’t check it all, so content from riders reflects their views, not ours.

Skiing and snowboarding are dangerous. You can be seriously injured or killed. You are responsible for your own safety and choices on the mountain.

Fall Line is for planning and fun. It is not a safety tool, and nothing on it tells you that a trail, lift or route is safe, open, or right for your ability. In particular:

• Steepness, length and vertical are our estimates, measured from open map and elevation data. They can be wrong, and conditions change how steep and difficult a trail feels.
• Trail maps are built from OpenStreetMap and may be incomplete, out of date or inaccurate. They aren’t the resort’s official map.
• Live trail and lift status comes from resorts’ public reports or from other riders, can be delayed or wrong, and may not reflect closures, hazards or ropes on the ground.
• Snow and weather figures are forecasts and model estimates from third parties and may be wrong.
• Rider reports, tips and ratings are opinions from other riders, not checked by us.

Always follow resort signage, closures and boundaries, and the instructions of ski patrol and resort staff. Know and follow the Skier Responsibility Code. Check with the resort for current conditions, openings, prices and passes before you go.

The Mountain Score, rankings, “good for” picks and other ratings are our opinions, worked out from the data we have. They aren’t a guarantee of what you’ll find on the day.

Trail maps are built from OpenStreetMap data, © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License. Many photos are by other photographers under Creative Commons or similar licenses and are credited where they appear; those licenses, not these Terms, govern how you can reuse them. See where our data comes from.

Apart from that, the site’s design, text and code belong to Fall Line. You’re welcome to use the site and share links to it, but please don’t copy or republish it in bulk.

Some features, such as the “Where to stay” lodging map provided by Stay22, are affiliate partnerships. If you book through them, Fall Line may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. This doesn’t change what we show you about a mountain. Bookings are between you and the booking site or property, on their terms.

Fall Line links to and shows content from other websites and services, such as resort sites, YouTube, map providers and booking sites. We don’t control them and aren’t responsible for their content, accuracy, availability or practices. Your use of them is under their own terms and policies.

We respect copyright and expect riders to do the same. If you believe something on Fall Line infringes your copyright, send a notice to our copyright agent at [CONTACT EMAIL] or [MAILING ADDRESS], including:

• your name, contact details and your physical or electronic signature;
• a description of the copyrighted work;
• the link to the content on Fall Line you say infringes it;
• a statement that you have a good-faith belief the use isn’t authorized by the owner, its agent or the law;
• a statement, under penalty of perjury, that your notice is accurate and that you’re the owner or authorized to act for the owner.

We’ll remove or disable content in response to valid notices, and we close the accounts of repeat infringers. If your content was removed and you believe that was a mistake, you can send us a counter-notice at the same address.

Fall Line is provided “as is” and “as available”. To the fullest extent the law allows, we make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, including that the site or its information is accurate, complete, current, reliable, uninterrupted or error-free, or fit for any particular purpose.

To the fullest extent the law allows, Fall Line and the people behind it are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or for any injury, loss or damage arising from your use of the site, your reliance on its information, content posted by others, or your activities on any mountain. Our total liability for any claim about Fall Line is limited to the greater of the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim or US$50. Some places don’t allow some of these limits, so they may not all apply to you.

You agree to cover Fall Line for claims and costs arising from content you post or your breach of these Terms, to the extent the law allows.

You can stop using Fall Line at any time, and ask us to delete your account (see the Privacy Policy). We may suspend or close your account, or stop offering all or part of Fall Line, at any time, for example if you break these Terms. The sections on your content license (for content still on the site), safety, disclaimers and limitation of liability, and governing law continue after your use ends.

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of [STATE OF GOVERNING LAW], United States, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules. Any dispute will be handled in the state or federal courts located in that state, unless the law where you live requires otherwise.

We may update these Terms. We’ll change the date at the top of this page, and for significant changes we’ll give notice on the site or by email before they take effect. If you keep using Fall Line after a change takes effect, you accept the updated Terms.

Questions about these Terms: [CONTACT EMAIL], or [LEGAL NAME OF OPERATOR], [MAILING ADDRESS].