In my half witted opinion, WA's diversity of alpinism doesn't seem to be conducive to a single-minded focus on hard alpine rock climbing, though there are those who have made it happen. There's just too much distraction in WA as a result of our diverse recreational landscape. For instance, I would rank some of the hard alpine ski descents by the likes of the A Squad (Dan, Pete, Eric, Ryan, et.al....) as equal to a lot of the cutting edge alpine rock routes being put up.
But then,like cragging, there are probably a lot of skilled, bold skiers with no interest in moving beyond The Slot.
Interesting question Blake.