Mt. Tallac, Cross Gully

Hi. I'm heading to Tahoe with some friends who are skiing, but I'm more interested in peakbagging. I definitely want to hit up Tallac, and my plan was to ascend the NE ridge and descend the south face, but man that gully looks both tasty and doable. I think I can climb it with no problem, and I'm even willing to go belayed (partner, rope, snow+ice+rock rack are going too) if it's that sketchy, but I have two questions:

1) Will I get in the way of any BC Skiers? Dangerously so? I hear it's a pretty extreme descent...is there a time of day when I could avoid them?

2) Is this thing climbable?

Thanks a lot MP!

I climbed it eons ago. It's not too bad, maybe 40-45 degrees in the upper part, a little steeper at the top where the cornice forms. We did it in the late spring when it had firmed up a bit. I think we just had ice axes and used the rope just for the last bit. Pretty fun actually.
The first time we went to do it was in early spring and while Kristi and I were having lunch off to its side, comtemplating the state of avalanche conditions, the whole thing avalanched, so be careful.