Successful summit bid this past Friday. There was still a fair amount of snow in the chute above Iceberg Lake. Most was easily manageable, although - as another poster noted - there was solid ice on the (climber's) right side that was tough to get your ax & crampons to bite into. You can avoid the snow in the chute altogether by going up the extreme (climber's) left side, although that does leave you with a lot of scree to deal with, so... choose your poison as they say...

For the Final 400, which had a significant snowfield from about the halfway point on up, we took the first chute, staying to the (climber's) left the whole way in order to avoid getting on any of the snow. Our rationale being - if the traverse is too sketchy, then this can't be much better. We did rope in (simulclimb) the last 80 feet or so, which made us feel more confident in our moves and decisions.

For the down climb we headed down the (descender's) left side of the first chute, which we again simulclimbed. Once we got below the snow field we traversed across to the (descender's) right side to down climb the remaining 200 feet or so with no rope. There were multiple rappel stations that looked pretty bomber along the (descender's) right side. We considered using them to construct a hand line but decided against it.

Thanks to all who helped me put together a successful trip by contributing TR's to this site. Your beta was extremely helpful. Hopefully my intel will help someone too...