Smokers Bowl Triggered Avalanche

<p>First MIN so apologize for any missing info! We spent the day at Smokers Bowl. Overall riding quality was great today! The morning brought strong winds and fog, opening up later in the morning with blue sky sun and the wind dying down. The approach was pretty wind affected and hard, but the bowl itself has clearly seen lots of snow deposited from the Northerly wind. We started by digging a pit skiers right in the bowl about 2/3rds of the way up - had no results on our compression test. On our second run we triggered a sz 1-1.5 from the peak of the bowl. See pictures/incident tab for details.</p>

Terrain Ridden

Alpine slopes, Convex slopes, Mellow slopes, Steep slopes.

Terrain Avoided

Sunny slopes.

Snow Conditions

Hard, Powder, Wind affected.

Weather Conditions

Cloudy, Sunny, Windy.