I feel like having a cone of rocky road ice cream after this trail. Pretty wide desolate and equally beautiful hike. Very heavy on the ankle bending micro boulders basically throughout. Not until towards the base of the mountain until your feet get a break from this rocky nonsense. Once you get there, there is a smooth winding horse trail that takes you into the canyon.
This is the trail system between First Creek and the small trail closest to the end of the scenic route exit. It looks almost abandoned walking past the barbwire entrance at the parking besides the State Route 159. The trailhead marker is either as badly sun damaged as Bin Laden's hair, or possibly it was graffiti painted.
You can see the BLM doesn't give much craps about this trail system. Nonetheless it is easily traversible. The thing about it is that the true beauty lies just a bit further. That can be said all along this trail. It really gets better and better the further you go. Just don't forget the rocky road on the way back. So where's the closest Thrifty Ice Cream? Yelp to the rescue!