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I've descended the route and think it would be fine. Granted this is as a person with lots of experience on snow. Obviously your own comfort relative to the conditions you encounter may render a different opinion. Regarding self arresting on the traverse, if it's firm/soft enough you could fall you then the chances of self-arresting are limited. Don't just assume you can stop it. Either have conditions and know-how that you will not fall, or don't do the traverse. Worst case scenario for the traverse should be, it's not in your comfort zone so you back off and still get to tick the ski line.

Thanks for the Information! @Fairweather I was never planning to ski the route, nor claim I had. It has been done, but by those significantly more daring than I😅 My question regarding the ski was more aimed towards would it be better to accomplish my objectives in one session or two? I have 2 objectives, (1) summit and (2) ski the Newton Clark headwall. Would it be more reasonable to complete both objectives in the same session (by climbing Wy'East, down climbing the same route back down to the Newton Clark headwall and skiing from there); or is the down climb of the Wy'East route sketchy enough that I should consider coming down old Chute and then climbing and skiing the Newton Clark headwall on a different day?