3/27 Avi incident under the Tooth at Snoqualmie.

I was caught in an avalanche today out under the tooth. It was a terrain red flag but we deemed the snowpack stable after several tests. We proceeded with caution and with my partner watching me I dropped over a rollover and made a light turn. The slope ripped out beneath me and I was taken over a rock band that I was trying to avoid. The slide was about 6-8 inches deep and propagated about 20 feet or less. the snow was heavy enough to pull me off my feet and I took a ride over the rocks while my partner watched. When the snow came to a stop i was maybe 200 feet below where i was when i triggered the slide and was buried up to my waist. My partner made sure that the rest of the slope would not come down on both of us and he accidently triggered a secondary which was much smaller but came down and buried me up to my ribs. I was lucky to avoid deeper burial, but i was able to extricate myself, and was not injured in the end. I skied to an island of safety and signaled my partner to board down to me. He came down and we discussed what had happened. We decided that the slope most likely broke free because I was on a terrain red flag and that the aspect that I was on had had the sun affect it where it had not in out test pit. We overlooked some big red flags, and payed for them. The rest of the day was uneventful, and was actually surprisingly good skiing. The snowpack was super bomber for the rest of the runs we took and was a very nice day to be out.  The skiing was very good all the way out, and it felt good to go get some exercise. Will post pictures tomorrow. I didnt get any of the Avi.