The hike to this Alpine lake features a lot of cool views. It's not "too" bad - 12.8 miles round trip, 2,000 ft of elevation gain. The first half is a 1,025 ft climb to a ridge which has the Stevens Pass chair lift for the backside of the ski resort. Then you drop down and under some power lines before finally entering the Alpine Lakes Wilderness. But that's OK, and well worth the civilization you have to go through. Before reaching the lake you pass a smaller lake, Lake Susan Jane. This lake is only 1-2 acres I'm guessing, shallow, and doesn't look to hold fish. Josephine is 22 acres, and beautiful. It does require a drop of 270 ft to get down to the lake. Once there, the shore access around the lake is kinda tough, with several steep rocky areas that drop to the water's edge. A more adventurous person could bushwack around. As for me, I had lunch and tossed a spinnner, then a green wooley bugger. No takers, and saw no rises. The water was COLD! I could find nothing indicating type of fish in the lake, but I can't imagine that this lake was never planted. So if someone fishes it and catches fish be sure to let us know! Pictures are added to the new overview.