I didn’t feel much like hiking at Independence Pass, thanks to the full-on assault being delivered by a brutally cold wind. I’ll never understand how air can be that thin and that strong, all at the same time. But thankfully, once I was on the west side of the pass, and just a few hundred feet below it, the wind had calmed. I swerved into a crowded parking area, and discovered a worthwhile hike — not too long, and not too strenuous, but with big rewards. In fact, two hikes begin here, at this parking area and waterfall, about two […]