Snowpit from Becker Peak

Nice day for a low key, solo ski tour up to Becker Peak.  No wind, thin overcast, air temp about 0C.  About 4-6'' new snow.  Dug attached pit near the top, on north side near the ridgeline.  Stiff wind slab underneath the new snow.  A few different layers of weak, sugary snow underneat the slab.  At the pit location, wind slab seemed to prevent the facet layers from being triggered.  ECT didn't break (ECTX) and surprisingly even shearing the column with my shovel was difficult.  Solo tour so super conservative on the descent and followed the skin track back and floated down the low angle terrain back to the road and snow park.