West Coast Session 5, Day 3: Clearing

Photos: Rocky Maloney, Drew Smalley, J.Dominguez

A crowd of skiers are lounging in the Roadhouse at Windell's Camp, checking the Timberline webcams and grumbling about weather. After a whiteout storm session the day before, nobody is very stoked about skiing in the clouds again on Day 3 at the West Coast Session. "Where are the Peters brothers?" somebody wonders.

"Dude, they're already up there, doing 1080s!" answers Malone, who seems to always have the right answer. The thought of Max & Tosh destroying the park while we sit down here is too much to bear, and once again the WCS crew piles into their vehicles for the short drive up the mountain.

Sure enough, the Peters bros and crew – including Jon Marks, JP Solberg and Rocky Maloney – are already in the park. I ask Tosh how many 1080s he's done already. He shrugs and says, "a few," with a characteristic Tosh chuckle.

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Luckily for us, the weather is slowly making a turn for the better. Patches of blue open up in the sky, and the crew takes advantage of the improving conditions to lay down the hurt in the Paintbrush large jump line.

As the clouds slowly open up, the action in the park heats up. Tomorrow we shoot on the big booter up on the Palmer Snowfield, so today is the day to get the shot in the public park.

Thanks for scoping our continuing WCS coverage here on Freeskier, and check back for the story of the epic Day 4 booter session!

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