I was on this route on Sunday as well, and finally was getting around to putting up a posting regarding that cornice. We summitted late (around 2 p.m.) and the cornice was still there and scaring the out of us. We also had someone punch through a moat and get dinged up on the traverse from the Maude-Seven Fingered Jack col.
This was a great trip but I couldn't help thinking along the way that this route is about done for the year. There is almost nothing holding that cornice up there anymore.