Take a run down Ramshorn with Vail Daily reporter John LaConte, who snowboards past a system of snow cannons while explaining how those cannons differ from traditional snowmaking guns.

LaConte is riding a Weston Backwoods snowboard, use PromoCode: onthehill for a free pair of gloves with the purchase of a snowboard from locally based snowboard and splitboard provider Weston Backcountry.

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VIDEO: Vail Daily reporter John LaConte checks out the November conditions at Keystone Resort. LaConte delivers his conditions report while riding a Ram-model snowskate from Hovland Snowskates.

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Vail Daily reporter John LaConte gets a quick lesson in ax tossing at the 2019 Man of the Cliff event in Avon, Colorado, on Oct. 13, 2019.

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WATCH: Vail Daily reporter John LaConte enjoys a snowskate run at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, which claimed first resort to open for the 2019-20 ski season in North America on Friday. A-Basin was able to open briefly on Friday evening to earn the claim after nearby competitor Keystone Resort announced earlier in the day that they would open on Saturday. LaConte is riding a Ram from Hovland Snowskates.

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WATCH: Get a behind-the-scenes look at the biggest snowmaking project currently underway in North America with Vail Daily reporter John LaConte and Vail Mountain’s Greg Johnson.

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VIDEO: The leaf peeping season has reached its peak in Vail. Reporter John LaConte hikes through a tunnel of yellow with his 4-year-old daughter Lilia on Monday, Sept. 30, on Vail’s North Trail.

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WATCH: With a new fundraising effort underway, the Vail Valley Trails Alliance’s Ernest Saeger catches up with Vail Daily reporter John LaConte about the effort to build a bike park with dirt jumps, a dual slalom course and an adaptive cycling track in Minturn, Colorado.

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WATCH: Vail Daily reporter John LaConte and local surfer @gel_z attempt to surf the standing wave at the new whitewater park in Eagle, Colorado.

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WATCH: Edwards resident Ethan Pitcher prepares for the Youth Climbing World Championships August 24-31 in Arco, Italy. There will be a send off event at Eagle Climbing + Fitness on Chambers Avenue in Eagle from 4 to 8 p.m. on August 15, 2019.

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WATCH: Vail Daily reporter John LaConte visits the Eagle County BMX track as organizers ready for a big weekend of racing. The state series heads to Eagle on Sunday, August 3, in what could prove to be the biggest BMX race in Colorado this summer.

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