The re-growing wilderness
This was the last open weekend in my schedule until Palm Sunday weekend, my last chance to go adventuring for the next six weeks, so even though I'd gone out only two weeks ago, I couldn't resist going out again. I wanted something a bit on the ambitious side, but not too demanding, since the sun is still going down in the late afternoon these days. My favorite hiking website, Nobody Hikes in LA , lists two different routes up to Josephine Peak, in the Angeles Forest along the road to Mount Wilson. They were about the same length, but one went up a wide open fire road while the other wound its way up the steep side of Colby Canyon. The trail heads were less than a mile from each other, so... why not both? I decided I'd park at the Clear Creek Fire Station, where the Angeles Crest Highway meets the Angeles Forest Highway, walk down to the Colby Canyon trail head, go up the canyon and then come back down the fire road, ending up back at the fire station. The Colby C...
