The Wild: Glad it's December? Here are seasonal things to do
Sign up here to get The Wild sent weekly to your inbox. Welcome to The Wild. Winter is an ideal time to explore the close-to-home front range of the Angeles National Forest. Josephine Peak would be a good place to start. It’s not particularly high, at 5,558 feet, but it offers spectacular views of Los Angeles, which can look like the Emerald City of Oz rising in the distance. Turning north toward the forest, you’ll see a vast quilt of canyons and high points in the San Gabriels, most prominent Strawberry Peak. One of the oddest items on top: Open-air green shelves where hikers have left ...