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Red River DGC reviews
7
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This Red River DGC Is Full Of Valleys! 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Oct 7, 2020
Played the course:once
Pros:
And gullies and treacherous hillsides. If your idea of a fun course is some gut wrenching throws combined while constantly navigating hillsides that would bring a Sherpa to his knees, then this might be the course for you. The course is built in the quintessential Oregon coast rain forest just filled with ancient Cedar trees and ferns, all covered with a soft coating of moss. Walking through it is like walking on a bed of sponges when you're not tripping on roots and tumbling to your death.
The course begins right beside the cities skateboard park. Hole # 1 sets the tone right away with it's 200' throw over a small gully to a basket barely visible in the thick forest. The tee pads are good sized concrete and the metal tee signs provide any needed information. They're also helpful in your navigation as they stand out nicely against the greenery you'll find everywhere.
In the middle part of the course is a series of over the gully holes. They are great fun but have an element of danger or maybe a better description is inconvenience in that your may find yourself having to go stumble to the bottom of the gully and then scaling the steep, log-covered hillsides to get back up again.
# 14 might be one of the easiest, scary holes in all of disc golf. It's just a straight 130' throw across but the you have to miss two trees which aren't that tight. The problem is a carom and down into the abyss you go.
You finish at # 18 with another up and over the gully shot to a basket set atop the hill. By now, if all your body parts are still functioning and you haven't given up the cause, this could be the light at the end of the proverbial tunnel. You can hear the shouts from the skaters executing their maneuvers. But there is something about this basket. It seems to be looking down at us and mocking all who cannot reach the his summit and after another exhausting round here, I fear that includes the majority of us. I think I see the hint of a smirk on his chains.
The course begins right beside the cities skateboard park. Hole # 1 sets the tone right away with it's 200' throw over a small gully to a basket barely visible in the thick forest. The tee pads are good sized concrete and the metal tee signs provide any needed information. They're also helpful in your navigation as they stand out nicely against the greenery you'll find everywhere.
In the middle part of the course is a series of over the gully holes. They are great fun but have an element of danger or maybe a better description is inconvenience in that your may find yourself having to go stumble to the bottom of the gully and then scaling the steep, log-covered hillsides to get back up again.
# 14 might be one of the easiest, scary holes in all of disc golf. It's just a straight 130' throw across but the you have to miss two trees which aren't that tight. The problem is a carom and down into the abyss you go.
You finish at # 18 with another up and over the gully shot to a basket set atop the hill. By now, if all your body parts are still functioning and you haven't given up the cause, this could be the light at the end of the proverbial tunnel. You can hear the shouts from the skaters executing their maneuvers. But there is something about this basket. It seems to be looking down at us and mocking all who cannot reach the his summit and after another exhausting round here, I fear that includes the majority of us. I think I see the hint of a smirk on his chains.
Cons:
Lots of places to lose a disc here.
For some mysterious, unknown reason, the large number on the basket is always facing away from you. They have added smaller numbers on side facing the fairway.
There are two very obvious next tee arrows for # 10, yet # 12 has none and could use some help.
Although short, a spotter is helpful on many of the holes.
No hole to really let loose on.
Physically challenging for some of us.
Navigation the first time through the course is tricky. I had a heck of a time finding # 12. It's not clearly marked and 5herecare three paths to follow. I tried all three and obviously, I dudn't go far enough on the correct one.
Often, while seeking the safest/easiest way down the hillsides, I discovered that the route I had chosen didn't lead me to where I was intending to reach.
For some mysterious, unknown reason, the large number on the basket is always facing away from you. They have added smaller numbers on side facing the fairway.
There are two very obvious next tee arrows for # 10, yet # 12 has none and could use some help.
Although short, a spotter is helpful on many of the holes.
No hole to really let loose on.
Physically challenging for some of us.
Navigation the first time through the course is tricky. I had a heck of a time finding # 12. It's not clearly marked and 5herecare three paths to follow. I tried all three and obviously, I dudn't go far enough on the correct one.
Often, while seeking the safest/easiest way down the hillsides, I discovered that the route I had chosen didn't lead me to where I was intending to reach.
Other Thoughts:
Because you will no doubt end up off fairway here, the constant humping up and down these hillsides, which are strewn with all manner of downed timber and other debris becomes somewhat of an physical ordeal. If you work as a choker setter for one of the local logging companies, you're probably quite familiar with this type of physically exhausting work. If you watch too much TV like many of us, you maybe will get fatigued here. But I think almost all of you will find some entertaining and challenging holes.
8
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Spectralmonkey
Experience:
12.7 years
186 played
9 reviews
technical woods adventure 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Jan 12, 2019
Played the course:once
Pros:
another great course on the oregon coast!
i played the ice bowl tourney, jan 2019. great turnout, good dg community event.
this course winds its way through a coastal forest, most holes are shorter and technical with lots of elevation and even more trees! a couple big holes out in the open to air it out, but beware the rough on both sides!
some seemingly easy holes that turn into nightmares if you hit one of the many trees, can test every shot in your bag just to get out of the ravine, or run birdies if youre a boss!
some blind basket placements make you sweat a little on the tee, although most are not that long. some demanding lines, but also multiple ways to get across or up or down the ravine or through the forest. great use of the property, owned by the town of Waldport, who built some crucial stairs and bridges to get you across some gnarly landscapes.
baskets are solid and brand new. a few are very precarious on the hillsides and demand accuracy.
the risk/reward factor is high, which makes it quite fun for a course of this size.
signage and teepads are quality and rare for a brand new course to feature right away. navigation can be a little tricky at first but the paths are fairly obvious.
an available and quality course map helps.
i played the ice bowl tourney, jan 2019. great turnout, good dg community event.
this course winds its way through a coastal forest, most holes are shorter and technical with lots of elevation and even more trees! a couple big holes out in the open to air it out, but beware the rough on both sides!
some seemingly easy holes that turn into nightmares if you hit one of the many trees, can test every shot in your bag just to get out of the ravine, or run birdies if youre a boss!
some blind basket placements make you sweat a little on the tee, although most are not that long. some demanding lines, but also multiple ways to get across or up or down the ravine or through the forest. great use of the property, owned by the town of Waldport, who built some crucial stairs and bridges to get you across some gnarly landscapes.
baskets are solid and brand new. a few are very precarious on the hillsides and demand accuracy.
the risk/reward factor is high, which makes it quite fun for a course of this size.
signage and teepads are quality and rare for a brand new course to feature right away. navigation can be a little tricky at first but the paths are fairly obvious.
an available and quality course map helps.
Cons:
as it is brand new, it has some serious rough to eat discs. even with spotters on hole 6, some discs were nearly impossible to find, or lost in the tangle of brush or trees.
some might say its a bit repetitive with lots of RHFH or LHBH lines, but youll be tested on every drive.
some of the walk outs down and up the hills could be treacherous in wet weather, and will need more steps and stomping down.
mud.
some might say its a bit repetitive with lots of RHFH or LHBH lines, but youll be tested on every drive.
some of the walk outs down and up the hills could be treacherous in wet weather, and will need more steps and stomping down.
mud.
Other Thoughts:
this, plus Wilder in Newport just up the 101 make this area a good destination for a big day of hiking and technical, challenging and fun disc golf adventure through gorgeous Oregon coast wilderness.
