Thanks Dash8widget & others for the refresher course on the meaning of "climb and maintain" in reference to RNAV DPs with holddowns. I didn't know, or had forgotten, that its use deletes all altitude restrictions on a DP, although it makes sense if you think about the use of "descend and maintain" on a STAR. It makes me feel a little better that I'm apparently not the only one confused, I constantly heard other aircraft asking for clarification.

I guess my next question is, why the heck do they publish any holddowns on the SLC DPs if they are essentially never ever binding without the controller restating them anyways? Seems rather superfluous.