Alud

Sesame Street, NW slope of Sawtooth

Ted CheesemanSalmon River Mountains
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Quick report

no signs of instability except windslabs building along ridge and over wind-exposed features. D0.5 - D1 slide triggered (see avalanche added above)

Avalanche

Size
D1
Aspect
NW
Trigger
AS
Elevation
6820 ft

V small fracture with 30' wide 2-4" crown triggered by second skier over a small rollover feature with obvious wind affected snow. Stronger winds higher on the ridge were quickly generating obvious wind effects while this far down the slope it was mostly light unaffected powder. This one feature surprised us by having a small wind slab. Slide ran ~ 20-25' past skier