since I haven't been up there lately, I can't specifically answer your question from putting foot to ground - the only meaningful measure. Unless it is very icy on the traverse, I would personally be comfortable on either route. If the traverse were very hard snow or icy to the point that I didn't think that I could self arrest, I would opt for the chute, which I generally prefer in any case. However, you should not decide what you can do based on my skills, experience, etc. since you may have very different abilities, and risk tolerance. I once watched an unroped guy cross a 300 foot wide very steep snow field in soft, deep snow conditions with a 2000 foot vertical drop-off below it . He was slipping and sliding and we thought that we would be calling in a rescue team to find the body. His climbing buddy was laughing and encouraging him on. We were roped up and put 2 snow pickets in for protection. We thought he was an idiot and he probably thought that we were sissies. Fortunately, we were both drinking beer in the climbing hut that night.
And I have a very nice Garmin GPSMap 76 into which I can load topo maps...it's a wonderful little tool.