Well this doesn't help....

[WyoRado]

Man, sure disappointed to see stuff like this in the paper. There is already enough variables hurting the sport of snowmobiling, without us (riders) being our own worst enemy.

https://www.postindependent.com/new...g-snowmobilers-in-snow-free-aspen-wilderness/

 

[kanedog]

Sounds like typical millennial Sledder attitudes.

 

[Coldfinger]

I think the whole story is suspect.

 

[christopher]

read the whole story.
Seems pretty straight forward.


Doesn't look good for those boys.

 

[christopher]

I think the whole story is suspect.

Here are some MORE details...


https://www.aspentimes.com/news/loc...60ihAHgqDzJXhR6DNaL4UJ518ETDSCE8y2R7HkiF4UchY

 

[Scott]

Your second screenshot is from March 27.

But that guy isn't a real Sledder. He's a no-helmet poser.
He's actually a skier.

Here are some MORE details...

https://www.aspentimes.com/news/loc...60ihAHgqDzJXhR6DNaL4UJ518ETDSCE8y2R7HkiF4UchY

 

[christopher]

Your second screenshot is from March 27.

But that guy isn't a real Sledder. He's a no-helmet poser.
He's actually a skier.

Follow the link for the details of him publicly posting about riding in prohibited areas.

 

[Scott]

Follow the link for the details of him publicly posting about riding in prohibited areas.

I'm ahead of you.

And he LIKED my post. What a doofus.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B0EePFfnS3a/?igshid=180oqle2hsqrq

 

[Madtown]

I'm ahead of you.

And he LIKED my post. What a doofus.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B0EePFfnS3a/?igshid=180oqle2hsqrq

That is because he is trolling you most likely. I know Lesh & this is all a big joke to him. He has "my Dad is a lawyer" money so this is no big deal. This is also in his eyes great PR for his business, maybe he is having a summer outerwear blowout sale soon on Virtika. Sucks for rest of us that actually care about the sport for sure. Maybe at most he will get a fine for sledding on the tundra.

 

[05900]

Ellie Wilder Oates:
Wow!!! A D-Bag from Chicago in the Upper Roaring Fork Valley????? Who would have thunk it?
Like · Reply · 6 · 15h

Think we have 2019's Parking Lot Poser winner!

 

[Uncle si]

Do we have any indication that they did cross the Wilderness Boundary? The map shows a lot of room to play at Independence Pass outside the designated wilderness.

Either way, tearing up the meadow on or near a trail is a high profile d-bag move!

That is because he is trolling you most likely. I know Lesh & this is all a big joke to him. He has "my Dad is a lawyer" money so this is no big deal. This is also in his eyes great PR for his business, maybe he is having a summer outerwear blowout sale soon on Virtika. Sucks for rest of us that actually care about the sport for sure. Maybe at most he will get a fine for sledding on the tundra.

 

[christopher]

For the most part, the whole sledding industry/community has come out against this idiot.

 

[Big10inch]

Yep, a real a$$ clown there! Just remember the name Virtika, his clothing line and do not EVER buy any of his junk. Stupid Chicago D-bag, right in the middle of several forest revision plans in Colorado too. Thanks for the "help" Lesh.

Come on back and ride with my crew.

And yes, they rode through the wilderness, on the dirt no less. Can we skin him and then burn him alive? Is that still PC....LOL

 

[Uncle si]

Where did they go? Out west we get a lot of people that call everything outside city limits "wilderness", but the fact is that much of the Northwest is not designated Wilderness and is legal to ride.

I'm not familiar with Independence Pass, but the map shows an area of more than a square mile, going up to the ridge at 13,200', outside the wilderness boundary.

 

[Scott]

Yes, "w"ilderness is often generalized as THE "W"ilderness.

He allegedly took video while riding inside the designated "W"ilderness boundary.

Where did they go? Out west we get a lot of people that call everything outside city limits "wilderness", but the fact is that much of the Northwest is not designated Wilderness and is legal to ride.

I'm not familiar with Independence Pass, but the map shows an area of more than a square mile, going up to the ridge at 13,200', outside the wilderness boundary.

 

[wrtmani]

So who took the original picture of him in the dirt next to the parking lot? Was that his own buddy or one of the ecologists reporting the incident?

 

[goridedoo]

So who took the original picture of him in the dirt next to the parking lot? Was that his own buddy or one of the ecologists reporting the incident?

I believe it was the ecologists who took the pics and reported it. The guy is just loving the attention, must not have got enough as child. The whole situation just sucks.

 

[Scott]

His "apology" video looks like something he already had produced for something else.
He's not sorry.

 

[donbrown]

Being near Hollyweird, knowing people in the world of make believe and seeing one of many company videos …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7nyJA44jSQ

I would seriously look at video editing before making a decision.

From my point of view any fake or real abuse of riding areas is terrible for sledders. Will investigators go far enough to see if this was staged and or photoshopped?

At this point (if you believe what you see) I would think they would have confiscated the drug plane.

 

[kanedog]

Yep, a real a$$ clown there! Just remember the name Virtika, his clothing line and do not EVER buy any of his junk. Stupid Chicago D-bag, right in the middle of several forest revision plans in Colorado too. Thanks for the "help" Lesh.

Come on back and ride with my crew.

And yes, they rode through the wilderness, on the dirt no less. Can we skin him and then burn him alive? Is that still PC....LOL

Big 10 you are usually quite the knob. In this case though, you are uncharacteristically correct. Keep up the good work.