USA Photos taken during a backpacking trip from 4 - 8 April 1998. Photos by Eric P. Mayer unless otherwise credited. All rights reserved. This can be good or bad, depending on the road. The cliffs near the terminus of Auxier Ridge.
Courthouse Rock is the bald dome at far left.
Lorin Swinehart and Eric Mayer at the Auxier Ridge trailhead. Lorin Swinehart and Tom Grandy at the Auxier Ridge trailhead. Eric Mayer gathers water from a dripping ledge near camp one drop at a time. Water is a precious commodity on the dry ridges of Pottsville escarpment. It takes about twelve hours to fill the pot, and the water is run through a microfilter before drinking.