Various Avalanche Problems

We rode through Second Yellow Mule, and then we headed back towards Cedar Creek. There was 2-4" of new snow throughout the area. Next, we rode to Bear Creek and dug a pit. We dug on an east facing aspect, and there was ~4 feet of snow (HS = 130 cm). We had an ECTX. Despite the crust and some warmer temps before today, the snowpack is still dry throughout, and there are still facets in the bottom half of the snowpack. During our ride we were looking for recent avalanche activity, and we only saw a couple of small point releases. We are still concerned about large, unsurvivable avalanches breaking on the weak layers deeper in the snowpack.