diff --git a/packages/essspectroscopy/src/ess/bifrost/single_crystal/detector.py b/packages/essspectroscopy/src/ess/bifrost/single_crystal/detector.py
index 4ee7b71bc..16d1200dd 100644
--- a/packages/essspectroscopy/src/ess/bifrost/single_crystal/detector.py
+++ b/packages/essspectroscopy/src/ess/bifrost/single_crystal/detector.py
@@ -1,19 +1,94 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 # Copyright (c) 2026 Scipp contributors (https://github.com/scipp)
 
-"""Bragg peak detector handling for BIFROST."""
+"""Bragg peak monitor handling for BIFROST."""
 
+import scipp as sc
 import scippnexus as snx
 from ess.spectroscopy.types import (
     Analyzer,
     DetectorPositionOffset,
+    ElasticMonitor,
     EmptyDetector,
     NeXusComponent,
+    NeXusData,
     NeXusTransformation,
+    RawDetector,
     RunType,
 )
 
-from ..detector import get_base_calibrated_detector_bifrost
+from ess.reduce.nexus.types import MonitorPositionOffset
+
+from ..detector import _assign_detector_position, get_base_calibrated_detector_bifrost
+
+
+def get_calibrated_bragg_peak_monitor(
+    monitor: NeXusComponent[ElasticMonitor, RunType],
+    *,
+    transform: NeXusTransformation[ElasticMonitor, RunType],
+    offset: MonitorPositionOffset[RunType, ElasticMonitor],
+) -> EmptyDetector[RunType]:
+    """Extract the data array corresponding to the Bragg peak monitor's signal field.
+
+    BIFROST's Bragg peak monitor is the elastic monitor (``cbm5``), written as an
+    ``NXmonitor``. It has no pixel offsets, so its position is the transformed origin
+    as in :func:`ess.reduce.nexus.workflow.get_calibrated_monitor`, rather than the
+    per-pixel computation used for detectors. The position is assigned with the
+    BIFROST-specific broadcasting because the monitor is mounted on the detector tank
+    and therefore moves with the instrument angle.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    monitor:
+        Loaded NeXus monitor.
+    transform:
+        Transformation that determines the monitor position.
+    offset:
+        Offset to add to the monitor position.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    :
+        Monitor with geometry coordinates.
+    """
+    from ess.reduce.nexus import extract_signal_data_array
+
+    da = extract_signal_data_array(monitor)
+    unit = transform.value.unit
+    position = transform.value * sc.vector([0.0, 0.0, 0.0], unit=unit) + offset.to(
+        unit=unit
+    )
+    return EmptyDetector[RunType](_assign_detector_position(da, position))
+
+
+def assemble_bragg_peak_monitor_data(
+    monitor: EmptyDetector[RunType],
+    data: NeXusData[ElasticMonitor, RunType],
+) -> RawDetector[RunType]:
+    """Combine the Bragg peak monitor's geometry with its event data.
+
+    Assembled as a monitor, not as a detector: ``assemble_detector_data`` groups
+    events by ``event_id`` onto a ``detector_number`` grid, and the Bragg peak
+    monitor is a single pixel with nothing to group by. Its geometry is therefore
+    assigned straight onto the events. The result is the same whether or not the
+    events carry an ``event_id`` -- a file-loaded ``cbm5_events`` group does, a
+    stream may not -- because the coordinate is simply left untouched.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    monitor:
+        Monitor geometry from :func:`get_calibrated_bragg_peak_monitor`.
+    data:
+        Monitor event data.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    :
+        Events with geometry coordinates.
+    """
+    from ess.reduce.nexus.workflow import assemble_monitor_data
+
+    return RawDetector[RunType](assemble_monitor_data(monitor, data))
 
 
 def get_calibrated_bragg_peak_detector(
@@ -23,7 +98,11 @@ def get_calibrated_bragg_peak_detector(
     transform: NeXusTransformation[snx.NXdetector, RunType],
     offset: DetectorPositionOffset[RunType],
 ) -> EmptyDetector[RunType]:
-    """Extract the data array corresponding to the Bragg peak detector's signal field.
+    """Extract the data array corresponding to a detector's signal field.
+
+    Simulated data contains no Bragg peak monitor, so a bank ('triplet') of the
+    regular inelastic detector stands in for it. Real data uses
+    :func:`get_calibrated_bragg_peak_monitor` instead.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
@@ -46,4 +125,5 @@ def get_calibrated_bragg_peak_detector(
     )
 
 
-providers = (get_calibrated_bragg_peak_detector,)
+providers = (get_calibrated_bragg_peak_monitor, assemble_bragg_peak_monitor_data)
+simulation_providers = (get_calibrated_bragg_peak_detector,)
diff --git a/packages/essspectroscopy/src/ess/bifrost/single_crystal/time_of_flight.py b/packages/essspectroscopy/src/ess/bifrost/single_crystal/time_of_flight.py
index eedf5f03f..1f26fa929 100644
--- a/packages/essspectroscopy/src/ess/bifrost/single_crystal/time_of_flight.py
+++ b/packages/essspectroscopy/src/ess/bifrost/single_crystal/time_of_flight.py
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ def detector_wavelength_data(
     :func:`ess.reduce.unwrap.detector_wavelength_data`
     for different input types.
     """
+    # A time-dependent detector position (BIFROST's tank rotates, and the Bragg peak
+    # monitor is mounted on it) makes ``ltotal`` depend on 'time'. The instrument angle
+    # is the only dynamic parameter, so ``group_by_rotation`` has already turned that
+    # same 'time' dimension into 'a4'. Rename to match, or the broadcast below rejects
+    # ``ltotal`` as having a dimension the data does not.
+    if 'time' in ltotal.dims and 'time' not in sample_data.dims:
+        ltotal = ltotal.rename_dims(time='a4')
     return reduce_unwrap.to_wavelength.detector_wavelength_data(
         detector_data=RawDetector[RunType](sample_data),
         lookup=lookup,
diff --git a/packages/essspectroscopy/src/ess/bifrost/single_crystal/workflow.py b/packages/essspectroscopy/src/ess/bifrost/single_crystal/workflow.py
index 71bca0b8b..2c69ed99d 100644
--- a/packages/essspectroscopy/src/ess/bifrost/single_crystal/workflow.py
+++ b/packages/essspectroscopy/src/ess/bifrost/single_crystal/workflow.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 )
 
 from ess.reduce import unwrap as reduce_unwrap
+from ess.reduce.nexus.types import NeXusName
 
 from ..cutting import group_by_rotation
 from ..io import nexus
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@
 _SIMULATION_PROVIDERS = (
     *nexus.providers,
     *conversion.providers,
-    *detector.providers,
+    *detector.simulation_providers,
     *q_map.providers,
     *time_of_flight.providers,
     convert_simulated_time_to_event_time_offset,
@@ -45,6 +46,12 @@ def BifrostBraggPeakMonitorWorkflow() -> sciline.Pipeline:
     )
     # Use the vanilla implementation instead of the indirect geometry one:
     workflow.insert(reduce_unwrap.to_wavelength.detector_wavelength_data)
+    # The Bragg peak monitor sees the direct beam, so its flight path is a straight
+    # line rather than the analyzer-folded path of the inelastic detectors.
+    workflow.insert(
+        reduce_unwrap.to_wavelength.detector_ltotal_from_straight_line_approximation
+    )
+    workflow[NeXusName[ElasticMonitor]] = 'elastic_monitor'
     for provider in _PROVIDERS:
         workflow.insert(provider)
     for key, val in default_parameters().items():
@@ -59,6 +66,12 @@ def BifrostSimulationBraggPeakMonitorWorkflow() -> sciline.Pipeline:
     )
     # Use the vanilla implementation instead of the indirect geometry one:
     workflow.insert(reduce_unwrap.to_wavelength.detector_wavelength_data)
+    # The Bragg peak monitor sees the direct beam, so its flight path is a straight
+    # line rather than the analyzer-folded path of the inelastic detectors.
+    workflow.insert(
+        reduce_unwrap.to_wavelength.detector_ltotal_from_straight_line_approximation
+    )
+    workflow[NeXusName[ElasticMonitor]] = 'elastic_monitor'
     for provider in _SIMULATION_PROVIDERS:
         workflow.insert(provider)
     for key, val in simulation_default_parameters().items():