Small storm slabs at Bridger

We found 3-4 inches of new snow while touring up Bridger and accessing the ridge via patrol chute. The new snow was on a hard crust to the ground that had not bonded yet and we observed some cracking in isolated wind affected regions. The East wind on the ridge last night formed cornices in unusual spots up high, and there was minimal cornice growth on the Eastern (normal) edge of the ridge. We skied hidden gully that had small storm slabs that propagated at our ski tips and only ~3inches in depth. The snow within Hidden was not wind affected and actually made for some great skiing further down in the couloir!