The Aspen Times
ASPEN — David Lesh will go to trial July 22-23 to fight allegations that he rode his snowmobile illegally at Keystone Resort last winter and used national forest lands without authorization to pimp his outdoor clothing company’s products.
Lesh has pleaded not guilty to the petty offenses. The trial will be held before U.S. Magistrate Judge Gordon Gallagher in Grand Junction.
“There’s no entitlement to a jury trial in this case,” Gallagher said during a hearing Wednesday.
Lesh is infamous in Pitkin County for riding his snowmobile in an off-limits area of Independence Pass near the Upper Lost Man Trailhead in July 2019, posting photos of himself allegedly defecating in Maroon Lake and walking on a log in the middle of Hanging Lake in Glenwood Canyon. He was convicted of the illegal snowmobile ride, but five charges were dropped last month for the Hanging Lake incident because the picture was faked. Lesh also claimed he Photoshopped the Maroon Lake photo and was never charged for the incident.