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** Use at Your Own Risk **
11A |
Josephine Peak |
5558' |
Location: Los Angeles County, about 10 miles north of Pasadena, 25 miles from Los Angeles
Maps
| Auto Club | Los Angeles and Vicinity |
| Forest Service | Angeles National Forest |
| USGS Topo | Condor Peak 7½ |
| Official HPS Maps | TPO file - Save to your computer then open with National Geographic TOPO! |
| Viewable JPG file - Approximately 940K | |
| GPX file or Google Earth KML file to download to GPS units and other map software (How to use GPX and KML files) | |
| Routes as shown on CalTopo using the above files (How to use CalTopo) |
Nearby Peaks: Strawberry Peak
ROUTE 1
(USFS Adventure Pass may be required)- Distance: 8 miles round trip on road
- Gain: 1900'
- Time: 4-5 hours round trip
- Rating: Class 1, moderate
Original: Warren E. von Pertz, February 1969
DRIVING ROUTE 1
- From the intersection of I-210 and Angeles Crest Highway (SR 2), drive north on Angeles Crest Highway 9.5 miles to Angeles Forest Highway. Turn left and park here.
HIKING ROUTE 1
- From the parking area (3648'), walk about 200' north along Angeles Forest Highway to where a dirt road starts up on the right.
- Turn right and follow this road up to a road fork on the ridge at about 4900'.
- Turn left and follow the road up to the summit.
ROUTE 2
(USFS Adventure Pass may be required)- Distance: 8 miles round trip on trail and road
- Gain: 2100'
- Time: 4-5 hours round trip
- Rating: Class 1, moderate
Original: Warren E. von Pertz, February 1969
DRIVING ROUTE 2
- From the intersection of I-210 and Angeles Crest Highway (SR 2), drive north on Angeles Crest Highway 9.5 miles to Angeles Forest Highway. Keep straight.
- Continue about 1.0 mile to the Colby Canyon trailhead parking area on the left. Park here.
HIKING ROUTE 2
- From the parking area (3500'), hike up the Colby Canyon Trail to where it meets the ridge at a water tank at about 4800'+. This is Josephine Saddle.
- The Josephine Peak Trail (an abandoned road) begins on the left just past the water tank. Follow this old road west to where it intersects another road at about 4900'.
- Turn right and follow the road up to the summit.
HISTORICAL NOTE
The peak is named for the daughter of Phil Beque, a ranch owner in the vicinity. There was formerly a lookout on the summit, but it burned in the fire of 1976.
History of Summit Signature
Climbing Archives
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