I started hiking up Little Pine this morning about 5 AM solo. My initial intent was to ski off the back side into Mill B and exit out BCC where the snow was better. The snow in the couloir on the way up ranged from decent to terrible. Lots of breakable crust. There were signs of wind transported snow in the shot but it never felt slabby to me. I dug multiple hasty pits on the way up and was feeling prettty good about stability on the south face so I continued to the ridge. Upon reaching the top I was more tired than I anticipated being and started thinking it would be better to just ski back down. I weighed my descent options and settled on Limber Pine, which I had never skied before but had always wanted to.

I dropped in to the line about 11 AM after hanging out on the ridge for a bit and enjoying the day. I was feeling ok about the temperature at the top. I didn't see any rollerballs or snow shedding so I figured I was good. I rode the line quickly thinking it was pretty straightforward but soon came to realize that I was off route and in a spicy sub-chute with tons of rocks and a mandatory cliff drop at the end. I figured I could pick my way down it slowly so I did just that. I sized up the cliff drop at the end and went to point it but I was caught in wet slide. I was hurled off the (15-ish?) foot cliff, narrowly missing some rocks in the landing and then started tumbling. I came to rest on my back but my impact triggered a larger wet slide and it carried me down slope probably 50 feet. Luckliy I came to a stop on top of the debris and then skied out to the road without further incident.

I'm sharing this in hopes that I can gather my thoughts and learn from my mistakes today. Some thoughts and things I feel that I could have done differently in hindsight -

1. Don't charge down unfamiliar terrain and don't asssume that a line is straightforward (even if you've been looking at it for years from the road). Stop and consult a map if available.

2. I should've been off the line earlier. Even though the temp at the top was good it was much warmer down low and I didn't take that into account.

3. Dial back the terrain choices if you are going to ski solo. This was probably an aggressive line to tackle by myself.

4. It may have been prudent to stop and ascend back up the line when I realized I was off route/cliffed out, however it is possible this could've worsened the outcome given the increasing temperature.

Thankfully I walked away from this incident with only a couple bruises and some hurt pride. Im fully aware it could've gone much worse.