Arrived to 12-14 inches of fresh, light snow. Wind was very easily transporting snow mid-slope and along ridges. Before the 11:45a front, some of the ridges had minor wind skins. Despite a stout crust on direct north-facing, the new snow was bonding very well. Multiple hasty pits on faces 30+ degrees were not at all reactive. As we neared higher ridges, some cracks started to run from the skin track. Descent on 30+ produced no sluffing. Instead, a combo I have never uttered: Low elevation late March blower powder. Unbelievably good at 6,500'. Then the pulse came in with non-stop punishing graupel and high gusts. Snow that had been stable on the first lap was now easily cracking and the top inch of all graupel had created a very slippery layer. Curious to see how sustained winds and significant graupel affect the bonding in tonight's snow.