you were looking down shafer trail from the top, point straight out. just down there. take shafer trail down and then to the left then it circles around in shafer canyon and eventualy becomes potash road. the river crossing is just past the bathroom/camp spot on your left.
Even the Germen bikers had to get off and walk it! We got to the top and then turned around and went to Peekaboo campsite in lieu of heading deeper and down the back side.
during the down pour we had two couples, one in a nice jeep and one in a grand vitara, stuck at our camp site. after words we knew they would not be able to go back up Shefer switch backs due to the mud and below us the river had turned into a 2' deep river. We waited hours and it went down to...
I attempted elephant hill with my camper on last May. youtube "Nissan four wheel camper elephant" and I think you can get some some videos! what an amazing area. and great pictures you got here.