Though Canmore is far from a DH mecca, we are blessed with some wicked riding all around us. Within 2hrs driving we have  a good hand full of great shuttles and ski hills. Its not always west that we go to find great session spots. East of Canmore near the small town of Bragg Creek we have a Moose Mountain. Moose has been a ridng zone for quite some time now. But most recently in the last five years or so they formed the Moose Mountain Bike Trail Society(MMBTS). Since the creation of this society. the hill has never been so good. With regular trail maintenance and building days, the trails stay in  top shape and are constantly evolving.

We got to spend a bunch of days this summer there. here are some shots from a few different trails such as toothless.

Toothless is an old school flow style DH run. Tight trees, no pedaling required. and some steep turney fun.

Tim Minten, rocking the descent.

Leif  Martin taking the high line.

Tim Minten

FEFE LEROUUX.Dave Fafard

No man made trail features on Toothless so it makes for a sweet warm up run to get you in the flow of things. Though the two black options on this trail will get your blood flowing.

After a good Warmup session on Toothless we head to Race of Spades(ROS). Race of Spades is one of the most built up trail on the hill. it drops in opposite of most of the other DH trails on Moose.

ROS starts off with tight flow speed(wide bars caution) then starts into some progressive jumps.

Leif Martin hitting the second of two 8-10ft gaps in a row. These are a pair of trail speed gaps that set the feeling for the trail.

Dave Fafard hitting the biggest drop in the 3 option feature.

Leif Martin

Paul Kefoot hitting the Left jump(my fav of the three).

Dave and Leif hiking the feature for a second round.

Leif  Martin sending a poppy hip after the triple option feature to complete the line.

After a few more features including table tops, gaps and skinny features you get blessed with a sweet hike a bike….DOAH!

But the hike a bike is all worth it…….

Leif  Martini styling PAPA BEAR.

Dave Fafard sending PAPA BEAR, a sweet 25-30ft gapper that is built to send at trail speed(as long as that speed is fast) and has a nice long run out to finish the trail off.With the fun being over its time for a work out. a 2-3km pedal out of the woods, gotta pay to play.

Need less to say, these are some fun well maintained trails and are worthy of a trip to session for any one in the area.

Keep up the good work MMBTS.

Check out some detailed maps and trail info at www.MMBTS.com