Decide who will ski first and where she will stop.
Ridges are safer than bowls, especially bowls that channel into gullies.
Enter slopes at the top rather than from the sides. Ski in control, keeping an eye out for escape routes. Be aware of weak spots in the snowpack, which sometimes form where the snowpack is relatively thin. When a skier stresses the snowpack, failure tends to occur at the weak spot and propagates to the entire snowpack, releasing an avalanche. On suspect slopes, stay to the edge of potential slide paths.