As ODH and AJF alluded to, Squamish has to be cleaned all the time. There are about a dozen dedicated "diggers" as they are called, and they utilise all kinds of tools to rebirth or create climbs.
A new method now, mainly for long routes, is to fix them top to bottom so they can be top rope soloed. There is a great line called Polaris which is maybe 10 pitches long, 5.12, and people are lapping the thing on Ushba's everyday. It is equiped with new statics and rope protectors. |