On the Hill: Great day on Vail Mountain

On the Hill is brought to you by The Steadman Clinic and the Steadman Philippon Research Institute.

VIDEO: With an inch of fresh on the ground, Vail Daily on-snow correspondent John LaConte reports from a less-traveled run entitled Racer Simba on the far west side of Vail Mountain.

[iframe src=”https://player.vimeo.com/video/117056600?autoplay=1″ width=”640″ height=”360″ style=”border: 0px;”]

Vail Daily reporter John LaConte uses a GoScope pole mount, and wears socks and gloves from Colorado company Kind Design. Get 20% off your orders at Go-Scope.com and/or kinddesign.co by using the following promo code: vaildaily20

VAIL OFFICIAL REPORT: 7 inches of new snow in the last week

CONDITIONS: Very sunny

SNOWCAST: There’s a slight chance of snow in the forecast for both Monday and Wednesday, reports the National Weather Service.