Avalanche: UFO Bowls

Small slide in new snow at 10,000'. Triggered by second of three skiers on steep north east facing slope. 14" crown. Skier carried about 30' before coming to a stop on bed surface below some larger trees. Snow continued to flush around the trees and down the slope several hundred feet. Fairly heavy snow packed a punch and could have caused injury. Poor visibility prevented photos. The poor visibility also obscured red flags. As we continued skiing, there signs of many natural releases in the storm snow. We chose the steeper bowl to ski today but did not recognize the deeper than anticipated storm snow. We have been sloppy lately tearing down the slope 3 or 4 skiers at a time while repeating the phrase from a recent blog "nothing ever bad happened". It was a learning experience to push the limit a bit and see the snow react. Back at the car we learned one beacon was not turned on. We will be changing our pretour check list for next time.