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Vail Daily reporter John LaConte has worked in news since 2003 in television, print and multimedia. He has covered more than a dozen local governments in California and Colorado and has also authored sports stories for Decline Magazine and .
LaConte grew up in Wisconsin but spent much time in the Eagle River Valley with his late grandmother, Chris Frame, who lived in Vail from 1970 to 2003. LaConte now lives in his grandmother’s house with wife, Polina, and their two children.
LaConte is an avid snowboarder and a member of the Rocky Mountain chapter of the Ravinos, an extreme lifestyle club with 50 years of colorful history in Vail. LaConte’s enthusiasm for board sports comes from his father, who was a skateboarder in the 1960s and still owns his original Makaha Red Commander.
Recent Articles
February 14, 2025 - Vail Mountain approaches 200 inches of snow for 2024-25 season as big storm blasts Colorado’s mountains
February 9, 2025 - Time Machine: 70 years ago, mountain lion hunted in Eagle County said to be one of the biggest ever killed in Colorado
February 5, 2025 - Father of suspect in hit-and-run killing pleads guilty to felony accessory charge
February 4, 2025 - California Supreme Court won’t take up Vail Resorts labor lawsuit
February 3, 2025 - Hockey podcaster leaves Vail with a broken rib