I had a free day & hadn't climbed Independence Peak & Cone Peak yet, so I sent my friend Paul a message to see if he was interested in going this morning. He was, so we made our way out to the middle of nowhere to start our hike. We parked where it appeared that the road was completely washed out, not realizing that the Jeep could've driven about a mile or so further to the end of the road. Oh well, we came out here to hike, didn't we? Went straight up the face of Independence Peak. It didn't seem like as much elevation gain as it actually was. We enjoyed the views & a little lunch up there before heading down & back up to Cone Peak. This one was a lot easier than it looked. From Cone Peak, we descended the way we came up, found the road & hiked back to the Jeep. Fun day!