East Spring Valley Road north from 50, turn right (east) on FR 469. The intersections are now pretty well marked and it is easy to stay on. When you pass the old USFS guard station, its a confidence builder. After dropping into a swale - there will be a cattle waterer on your left - and crossing the cattle guard, there will be a fork to the left. I think this intersection is unmarked. Don't turn but go straight up the hill, the road climbs a short distance and then turns left and traverses across to the trailhead, a beautiful place itself.