Thank's much, Steve - great info!
What sort of incline/% grade would you guess the chute is? Any idea what the "precarious section" at the end of the cable area is with regards to using microspikes ... and what it would involve? This will be our first time out to that area. We have Pikes Peak in our backyard and train on that a lot, but with our low snow year and early spring/summer, the vast majority of the snow has melted off the east face, so we've been spoiled as far as having to worry about winter gear.
Thanks again -
Ann