 With the founding of Vail in 1962, Robert was asked by Pete Seibert to form a clinic in Vail similar to what he had established in Aspen and Snowmass to serve the skiing public.Over the next few years, he personally provided orthopedic service to that clinic, often traveling many miles per week to cover the western slope of Colorado.He was then a large force in raising money for the Medical Facility in Vail and was responsible for building the Vail Clinic, thus paving the way for Dr. Richard Steadman to move his clinic to Vail.