The party might not be over, but the theme has certainly changed.  Structure rules the day.  Did lots of digging to try to understand characteristics of weak layers that have lead to so many recent avalanches in this region.  Rain crust is 6 - 12 inches below surface, thin and easily breakable in this region.  1-2 cm thick with 1 cm being the norm.  Breakable on skis, sleds, and boards.  Snow beneath the crust shows advanced faceting in areas and is a potential player.  Surface hoar found ~5cm below crust and ubiquitious.  Continues to be the weakest layer in our current structure.  Lots of hand and pole pits.  Some hand pits failing on surface hoar as isolated.  Q1.  Others taking a little more provocation, stronger where weak layers are more than 12 inches below surface.  Some pits fracturing below rain crust and on SH simultaneously.  Fracture below rain crust is clean, but with slightly less energy than SH.  

All this academic though.  Whether you get the SH or the facets below the crust, one will likely lead to the other.  And the slide, as evidenced by recent events, are big, scary, and not likely to be forgiving.  We backed off of steep terrain and rode comically tight trees.