Welcome to the Colorado backcountry

The vast acreage of wilderness and backcountry beauty in Colorado make it one of the more popular locations for camping, backpacking, and day-hiking.

In addition to a eight National Parks and Monuments, Colorado boasts an equal number of Wilderness Areas, millions of acres of National Forest and BLM land, and over three dozen state parks.

From mountains to deserts, and grasslands to canyons, one could spend a lifetime hiking the trails of Colorado and not cover all of them.

Josephine Lake in the Holy Cross Wilderness

To the west of Savage and Carter lakes in the Holy Cross Wilderness Area is Josephine Lake.  It's a longer and more strenuous hike than the Savage-Carter loop, but one worth doing once you've done the others.



To reach the trailhead, take the North Fork Road (#501), a left turn from the Frying Pan road, a little ways east of Thomasville.  It's the same road you take to reach the Savage Lakes trailhead, but you don't need to go nearly as far.  Keep a lookout for the signs indicating the trailhead on your left.
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