If glissading is a bloodysport, is hiking back down the chute a "safe" option?
If you descend when it is sunny, it is pretty easy and safe. If it is late in the day so the sun has descended behind the crest, and weather is cool enough that the snow has iced up, that is when going is not so safe.
In fact, glissading when the chute has iced up is infinitely more dangerous, too. Walking down the slope is better in this situation, but this is where crampons would be way better than microspikes.
When people have been injured or worse on this slope has always been when it turned to ice.
