Wind wind and more wind

Super windy at an attempt at Birdwood Traverse. We were sick of the wind and didn’t have high hopes for coverage in the commonwealth valley so bailed at the Col. larger group continued on. South facing slopes at burstall were absolutely bullet proof ice crust with a range of 0 cm to 20+ of windslab on top. Highly recommend ski crampons for anything south facing after seeing that, can’t imagine much good skiing unless north facing. Snowing horizontally and heavily when we left around noon, no snow at car.