Tiptoeing into Avalanche Terrain

We rode from Battle Ridge into the base of the Throne, dug a pit low on the East Face, climbed to the ridge, dug a south facing pit and skied down via the East Face. Neither pit had any dramatic results, with ECTN26 and ECTX on the lower weak layers. 

Downhill winds were drifting a good bit of snow at lower elevations. We mostly found stripped slopes and wind effect, but did find a few deeper drifts. There was a small and thin avalanche low on the east face that looks to have pulled out with this downhill wind loading. Approximately 25 ft x 25 ft vertical and ~6" deep. 

No other avalanches observation. No cracking or collapse.