SHAFT Details

Activities
- Mountain Bike
- E-Bike
Riding Area

Moose Mountain
Bragg Creek, Alberta
Difficulty Rating

Blue Rate
Voted Difficulty

Black Diamond (6 votes)
Local Popularity
85 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 95 in E-Biking
Global Ranking
#579 in Mountain Biking [+]
- #8306 in E-Biking
Trail Type

Singletrack
Bike Type

DH, AM, XC
Direction
Downhill Only[+]
Popular Direction Shown
- Downhill Only for E-Biking
Physical Rating

Moderate
Dogs Allowed

Yes
eBike Allowed

Yes up to Class 1
Year Opened

2011

SHAFT stands for Super Happy Awesome Fun Trail. It is a high-speed bermed-corner blue trail that has become popular with the XC/AM crowd as well. SHAFT starts off fairly mellow with some sweeping corners and little hits here and there. As it rolls downhill, you get eased into faster speeds and bigger berms before getting shot out the bottom along the old T-Dub gully. Cross Canyon Creek, high-five everyone in sight with a big ol' grin on your face.

This trail is totally doable on everything in the 120-200mm travel range, including hardtails. Good tires help. Ride don't slide. Good loop options include:
- Pneuma [from Hwy66] to SHAFT and then back on the Hwy or Elbow Valley
- Sulphur Springs to Pneuma to SHAFT to EV to Pneuma to RoS [intense]
- SS to Pneuma to SHAFT to EV to Pneuma to Moosepackers to Ridgeback [hardcore!].

NB: The trail has some loose rock, but it's not like surfing a scree slope. Once you're into the bermed part of the trail, watch your crank placement - the tread has a bit of a v-notch going on and it's possible to catch a pedal on the uphill side in a few spots.

Access Info

If you're shuttling, drive to the end of the Moose mountain road and head directly west towards the gated road to the well site. Push another 100 meters up the gated road where you will find the entrance to T-Dub to your left and the entrance to SHAFT just a few meters past it, also on your left. SHAFT finishes on the last few hundred meters of T-Dub which will then flow onto the Canyon Creek road, where you pedal south (left) towards the Ing’s mine parking lot. where your driver should wait.

If you're riding up Pneuma, exit at Special K [or lower] and take the road to the well site.

Local Trail Association

Moose Mountain Bike Trail Society
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Recent Activity on Trail

Past Week

8 rides
14 miles average

6 Months

39 rides
13 miles avg distance

All

779 rides
Last: Jun 23, 2026

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SHAFT Trail Reports

status	date	description
	Jun 16, 2026 @ 3:10pm (America/Creston) Jun 16, 2026	Tree down about 2/3 of the way down
	Jun 14, 2026 @ 10:07am (America/Creston) Jun 14, 2026	Tree down about 2/3 down
	Jun 5, 2026 @ 2:05pm (America/Creston) Jun 5, 2026	Multiple trees down mid-trail
	May 8, 2026 @ 1:55pm (America/Creston) May 8, 2026	About 6 snowy patches at the top but all ridable. Mint all the way down
	May 4, 2026 @ 4:57pm (America/Edmonton) May 4, 2026	Top 1/4 has lots of snowy spots, still 6inches deep at least. The rest is mostly dry. Ran into brown bear sow and 2 cubs along the trail shortly...