Quick report
It was a grey last day before the rain. We had heard there were some slides out in Silver Basin but didn't have a ton of information, so I decided to take a walk to try to gauge how many and how deep. I was surprised at the amount of activity spotted. Slabs everywhere! Most of them were shallow, but some broke widely and had decent sized debris piles under them. Ski tracks in the area of many of them made it difficult to tell if they failed naturally during the storm on 2/19 or if they were human-triggered. Looks like a mix to me.
We also observed some snow sifting to the base of rocks and cliffs due to some gusts of wind and plenty of old wind-effect. The slabs appeared to be pretty stubborn, but combined with the amount of recent avalanche activity, we didn't bother to jump on much.
The skiing was ok, but nothing to write home about. Some horrible travel decisions going on out there based on tracks.
Weather
Overcast most of the morning with just a bit of filtered sunshine at times. A cool breeze was felt in exposed areas.
Snowpack
The upper snowpack contains a few layers that are highlighted in snowpack tests such as tilt, shear, compression, and extended column - mainly the 2/18 and 2/13 interfaces. Although I could get these layers to pop consistently, neither of them propagated a fracture in extended column tests.
Avalanche
Lots of avalanches out there! They're a few days old, but widespread. Most rocky features or ridgelines had a crown near them. They didn't appear too deep, possibly failing on the 2/18 or 2/13 interface. None looked deep enough for the JDL or 1/10.