Emerald slide path

Went up approx.900m on Emerald Slide path today. The sky was overcast and the winds were calm until we reached the tree line. Above TL we found the snow was wind affected so we turned back. No signs of instability. There was an approx 15cm of powder on a 1F crust. The Jan 30th layer was found 40-60cm throughout the mid elevations. The ride down was challenging as the powder was sitting on chunks of crust. The main path was quite skied out, but you could find random patches of 30cm powder.