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Langley Passive Park

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seeley.david
Experience: 5 played 5 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Depends on the layout 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 16, 2020 Played the course:once

Pros:

• Some challenging tree lines make this course interesting.
• Different times of year the course layout changes, gives variety.

Cons:

• When in the winter layout the course is much more limited.
• Very few long holes can get tedious for long arms.

Other Thoughts:

Generally a good course, but it all depends on the time of year and how busy theings get.
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armedola
Experience: 12.9 years 23 played 2 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Langley Passive Park - ARMEDOLA 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Dec 10, 2013 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

New course is more challenging and fun, long holes and diversity.

Cons:

some tees are small for running. tree area could be frustrating... and 2 snakes in the same round is a little to wild.

Other Thoughts:

Very fun course to play year round.
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nat16dick
Experience: 13.5 years 95 played 16 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Fun variety! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Dec 28, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

-New Discatchers - The yellow band is very visible in all the terrain on the course
-Concrete tees - Grip well and are in good condition
-Park amenities - Outhouse, large parking area, and picnic area round out the physical features
-Variety - from wide open to tight fairways to tricky rough around the greens makes this park a challenge to your entire game
-Scoring chances - while the course isn't a cakewalk, good shooting can result in excellent scores, while errors will cost you

Cons:

-Signage - the map at the start of the course is incorrect, and there is no signage throughout the course, so first-timers will want to recruit a local to help with navigation
-Gravel - the gravel flood plain in the middle of the course has a tendency to chew up softer plastic

Other Thoughts:

Passive Park is definitely worth a visit - the course is challenging and fun, and should test most shots in your bag. On the Saturday I went, the course was very crowded, and many of the locals seemed to have poor etiquette - hopefully that isn't so all the time.
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ChuckNorris
Experience: 22.7 years 15 played 2 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Passive Park 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 6, 2013 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Multiple tee pads and pin positioning. The course also has a winter course when the water levels are high in the middle.

Cons:

If you throw a bad disc there is a lot of foliage and bramble to make a long search for a bright disc

Other Thoughts:

The course has just had a nice face lift. Concrete pads and new baskets.
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lissyssil
Experience: 13.8 years 44 played 2 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Pleasant, but passive. 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 4, 2012 Played the course:once

Pros:

Easy to find, easy to play once you have an idea of the layout, a healthy combination of shots required, and a standout fun hole (11), even if it's pretty easy. There's very little in the way of schnarb to lose discs in, which is something I'm not used to being from Ontario.

Cons:

The course is pretty short for my tastes, and a number of the holes seem to be "repeats" (9 & 10), (2, 5 & 12).
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The Valkyrie Kid
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 45.8 years 1563 played 1507 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Breaking Rocks In The Gravel Pit! 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Sep 22, 2012 Played the course:once

Pros:

Langley Passive Park is a fairly large park built around an abandoned gravel pit. The park doesn't seem to be high usage except for some dog walkers, occasional bikers and walkers. There is a picnic shelter at the beginning which which would make an excellent staging area for tournies. The courses features a practice hole which two pads. The baskets are older and sometimes a little difficult to see through the brush. The teepads are carpet but in pretty good shape.
Everyone seems to like # 2, a 388' shot off an elevated pad with a bit of an anhyser touch needed but I loved # 11 and it's three different teepads. 11 A is short hyser through the trees but it's B and C that I liked so much. 11 B is a 189' downhill ACE run through the trees while 11 C is almost the same shot but maybe 25 higher up. So most locals play them both everytime as kind of a combo tri-fecta ticket, 11 B and 11 C and count both shots. It's an easy climb for either so you may as well enjoy both throws every time you play the course.

Langley features a couple of extremely technical runs in #8 and 9. An uphill throw at 14. A fun ACE run at 17 and a fun finisher at 18. There's a really nice variety of throws here. I liked the flow of the course and it started and finished at the picnic shelter. Long and short tees.

Cons:

There's no signage to speak of. Print a map for your first time. The carpet teepads are adequate at best. The gravel pit is not pretty and fills up with water leaving parts of the course unplayable during certain months of the year.
With a secondary school closeby, I could see a fair amount of high school partying going on here, probably with the usual vandalism also involved. But considering that this course has no signs and older baskets, I guess there isn't much for these kids to destroy, deface, paint or otherwise vandalize.

Other Thoughts:

This is a very solid course, enjoyable, nice challenge, a couple of memorable holes, probably the best in the lower provinvce area considering that it has baskets and 18 of them. It would take me a long time to get bored with this course.
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tugboat
Experience: 13 years 4 played 4 reviews
4.00 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 11, 2012 Played the course:once

Pros:

This course has not only a practice basket, but a practice hole with two tees at about 300' and 350'! A great warmup for the arm and some practice with all of your discs before heading out for a great round on a great course.

As far as disc golf in the Lower Mainland goes, this course is as good as it gets! Lots of variation in the holes (wooded, possible water, uphill, downhill, doglegs left and right, tight and wide fairways, etc) makes for a really fun round where you'll need to use all your shots. The locals are very friendly and will help you out if you're searching for a disc, or need some help with navigation.

There are also two sets of tees for every hole, but I recommend the longer ones as they are more strategically placed for a better challenge on most holes. Some of the notable holes include:
-A wide open tee shot down the hill on 2.
-A long dogleg left on 8 that you'll struggle to get 3 on.
-13 is a bomb of a shot that you need to clear a lengthy grove of tall trees off to the right to get to the main fairway for a tough upshot.
-An extreme elevation shot on 14. The basket can't be more than 100' away, but if your tee shot rolls back down, you're looking at a bogey.
-Several tough wooded holes. 16 especially is an extremely difficult tee shot that is a tough par.
-17 is your chance for an ace. A short downhill shot guarded by some trees, but a well thrown RHBH hyzer will put it on a clear path to the basket.

Cons:

I really wish this course had a few true par 4s. You will certainly make several bogeys during your round, but they will most likely come from a tee shot into a tree, or a missed putt from 20'. There is plenty of room for a couple of 600'-700' holes, or even a tough dogleg in the woods that requires an accurate tee shot in terms of distance before leaving 250' to the basket (just an idea).

Though the course flows well, it can be difficult to navigate as there are no signs anywhere. Print off a map, or take a picture of the one by the parking lot, and take your time investigating where each basket is before teeing off - some of them are hidden quite well and you may be surprised to find that you're way off.

There are no garbage cans throughout the course, and the tee pads are just carpet on gravel.

Other Thoughts:

Don't miss this course if you're looking for the best disc golf in BC. The courses in Vancouver itself can be fun for safari players, but Langley Passive Park is a legitimate disc golf course. Enjoy it!
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treehorn
Experience: 11.8 years 19 played 1 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Best in the GVRD 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 2, 2012 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

I've played a bunch of the courses in the Lower Mainland and Passive Park is by far the best. Long drives, Challenging Basket Placements and a great mixture of Opened and Tree'ed Holes..

Cons:

Besides the course map on hole 1 there is absolutely no hole signs anywhere and for the most part the T-Pads are brutal. Fix these 2 areas and this might even be a high four or 5 rated course..

Other Thoughts:

Just add hole signs and update the T-Pads and this course will be one of the best in the Pacific North West.
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Giv'r
Experience: 24.8 years 25 played 2 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Great Course! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 30, 2012 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

I really enjoy playing at Langley Passive Park. The fact that it's the presently the only real 18 hole course in the Lower Mainland helps, but there's many other reasons. There's a good variety of holes here. Big open throws and tight wooded shots are included. The course has a good flow and pace with no long walks between holes at all. Some highlights for me would be hole # 2 with it's big elevated open throw, # 9 for it's straight tunnel shot up a narrow path, and # 15 because it's a pretty fair throw with lots of trees on the way and anything can happen. All in all Langley is the best course in the area.

Cons:

There's really only one big negative for me and that's the lack of any signage. It makes navigation a little difficult for newcomers.

Other Thoughts:

Make sure to look at, or even take a picture of the course map near hole # 1 before you start. The only washroom is by the parking lot. I'd also like to see concrete pads here instead of the current gravel and carpet.
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razors
Experience: 18.8 years 27 played 2 reviews
4.00 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 15, 2012 Played the course:once

Pros:

Really fun course. It has a bit of everything. Tight lines in the trees, a few open bombs, left to right, right to left, you name it. Some very well thought out holes.

Cons:

Unless you play a round with a local first it can be very difficult to find the next tee or where the basket is.

Other Thoughts:

This is my favorite course in the Vancouver area or at least until Kamloops. Great variety of shots and really rewards accuracy. For sure worth checking out if you're in the area.
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Donovan
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Premium Member
Experience: 37 years 298 played 187 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Bring Your Hiking Bunny Slippers And Climb It 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 25, 2011 Played the course:once

Pros:

This course has awesome elevation, dense woods, open-holes, thick rough, great pin placements, and a fun challenge. The elevation on one hole is so intense; throwing downward may make you dizzy. Ok it isn't quite that, but it really was a great view and fun hole. You will need to be healthy to play all the longs. This course boasts two sets of tees and has some tough holes. The wooded holes were fair and yet will still take some accuracy. This place does have winter holes for when it gets flooded. The course has a good variety of hole lengths. I really enjoyed the layout. The tee areas and baskets are in good shape and there is great parking.

Cons:

There is a bunch of poison ivy and other naughty vegetation. There were a ton of spiders. So go prepared and protected. Bring a guide, you will certainly need some help with navigation. There are no tee signs.

Other Thoughts:

The Fun Factor here was really good for me. This alone bumps my rating up. I totally wanted to tee off multiple times and certainly wish I could have played it again.

OH! And thanks so much to the three guys who took me around this course. You Canadians are so freaking cool! Everyone I met up there was so nice!
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1 5
iainw
Experience: 15.7 years 6 played 4 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Challenging but hard to follow 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Dec 12, 2010 Played the course:once

Pros:

Challenging holes, with trees and elevation changes. The course forces you out of your normal techniques.

Cons:

The teepads are soso, unless your with someone who has played it, it will be hard to follow.

Other Thoughts:

I would play it again, but I wouldn't make a special trip for it.
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akoenig
Experience: 50 played 7 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Best around 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jan 1, 2011 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Good variety of open and tight holes, lots of holes involving water hazards in winter, dual teepads on many holes, Pin placements well thought out, Not too many walkers around, lovely setting of trees and water.

Cons:

Slippery teepads when wet, 45 minute drive from Vancouver, no signage

Other Thoughts:

We played in winter when the water was all frozen over and there was a bit of snow on ground. It play have covered the dirt up a little.
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Bobbily
Experience: 21.7 years 39 played 22 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Best course around 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 15, 2009 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Easily the best course in the Lower Mainland. Lots of variety, great locals, lots of length. We need more courses like this in Vancouver. Huge parcel of land. Some tight wooded holes as well as wide open bombers. Removed from the city, never too busy.

Cons:

Its in Langley.... just kidding. Can be VERY difficult to navigate... no signage at all. Floods in Winter, very hot in summer.

Other Thoughts:

I would move to Langley just so I could play this course more often.
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what'shisname
Experience: 21.8 years 33 played 6 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Passive Park 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 30, 2009 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Nice variety of shots, dog leg rights and lefts. Great use of elevation and land use in general. Seems to be a popular park with dog walkers and yet I never experienced a problem throwing because of people in the way.

Some nice open holes across the flood plain and other tight tunnel shots through trees give you a bit of everything throughout the 18 holes.

Cons:

Without a map the course would be very hard to navigate. I think I would have given up if not for the map I printed before hand. The tees are carpet which was fine when I was playing as it was dry but might be problematic over the long run.

Other Thoughts:

I played the course 3 times yesterday as I had some time to kill in the area due to being stuck in the area all day for a 1 hour meeting. Even on my 3rd round of the day I was still entertained enough with the holes.
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JR Stengele
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 23.9 years 251 played 191 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Langley Passive Park 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Aug 14, 2009 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Langley Passive Park was very impressive from beginning to end. Right as you pull in there is an ample amount of parking including a practice basket near the road.

The layout (with a map) seemed to flow fairly well and included both red and white tee boxes per hole (although we only played the further tee's - white). Each hole has a very unique feel, whether it be the strategic placement of the tee, pin, or the general layout.

Because the course is located on a flood plain the middle of the course tends to have a lot of sand which I preferred over dirt just because when it rains some the ground gets compacted rather then muddy making footing much easier.

The elevation whether it be slight or extreme played a major factor on the course. For example, at times it had players throwing off an elevated tee across the flood plain then again uphill to a pin nestled around a few trees on a boulder (hole #13) or shooting downward off of a steep cliff toward a ring of trees which heavily guards the pin (hole #11) making accuracey key to scoring low.

Like others stated, there was not a ton of distance, but enough to make it challening. Holes varied from low tunnel shots dead on to long tight doglegs both left and right. When throwning across the flood plain from the elevated tee's it was easy to throw massive hyzer and sidearm/anhyzer shots with hopes of parking it for a birdie.
Either between or after a round you can go to the next park over (Noel Booth Park) where you will find grassy areas to picnic or watch people playing baseball and soccer.

Cons:

There were some major factors that kept this from rating higher including the fact that it is located on a flood plain. The summer course that I played (original layout) can only be played for so long each year before several holes are cut out in the middle and the course gets adjusted. Although I hear it is great, it is a shame that it even has to happen.

The litter can be a problem as well. Since there are no garbage cans on the course and it is used frequently, the amount of foot traffic and therefore garbage outweighs the efforts of the local club to be kept up as well as it should be (please pick up after yourselves including you ciggarette butts and beer cans).

Locating pins at times was a challenge too. Because the north west tends to be a little grey at times it can be difficult to locate the pins from the box so I found myself having to walk down the fairway to find it. Something as simple as orange tape around the pole would go a long way and not be too much of an eye sore.

Tee boxes were interesting and for the most part in good shape. However, they were fairly short and the footing was carpet. Unless it is changed out regularly I could see this getting very moldy and smelling pretty funky quick. During the summer though it didn't seem to bother me as much since the weather was farily dry but in the winter and spring yikes!.

Last, tee signs at the kiosk, by the tee's, and after each hole letting you know where to go to next. The course had none of this making navigation for a first timere nearly impossible. I printed off a map and know that without it I wouldn't have been able to play.

Other Thoughts:

This course truly was the best overall course that I have played in Vancouver, B.C.

The locals were very friendly and it was very obvious to see how much work has gone in to making this course what it is. I felt very satisfied after playing a round here feeling like I got the whole experience and know that I will be back sooner then later. My hats off to the locals of Langley, keep it up!
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gdichasaz
Experience: 14.8 years 5 played 3 reviews
4.00 star(s)

very fun! great day out 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Aug 1, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

some very good distances, very technical with woody areas and grass/desert areas. hole 13 is not as bad as it looks.

Cons:

without a map, this course can be a little difficult to navigate. take the time to print out and follow the map - this course can be crappy without it.

Other Thoughts:

Very fun - as far as courses on the lower mainland are concerned, this is right up there with the bowen island course. difficult yet fun, a challenge to find new routes, overall a great day out.
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TKCerbs
Experience: 6 played 4 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Fun Course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 5, 2009 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Long, open holes and short, tight ones, elevation differences and a solid 18 baskets with a practice basket as well.

Alternate winter course is also quite excellent and offers the same variety and challenge.

Cons:

Its not a pretty looking course, plays through a floodplain and has no facilities. This course consumes discs and missed drives in the woods of the back 9 can result in an hour of fruitless searching.

Other Thoughts:

My home course, seeing this course evolve over the past 5 years has been excellent and its has worked its way up from a rough, uncut course through thick brush into a nice course of open tees areas and pins, even in the wooded areas.
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iammoonrider
Experience: 26.1 years 1 played 1 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Langley Passive park 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 13, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

Great long shots and some tight ones too.
This was one of the most welcoming courses I have ever played. Unlike Queen Elizabeth park in Vancouver Langley's locals encourage new players. The water shots add that extra challenge.

Cons:

Distance from Vancouver. Do not do this trip at peak traffic times.
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dcookie
Experience: 4 played 4 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Best course in the lower mainland! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 27, 2008 Played the course:once

Pros:

A lot of fun to be found in this full 18-hole course. Some hole play tight through the woods and some have long open drives. Multiple tee boxes per hole adds a ton of replayability to old time favorites. Elevation change, terrain change, dog legs both left and right: variety is the name of the game on this course. There's something here for everyone and you can't get bored playing it again.

Cons:

Poorly marked and some tee pads can be hard to find. Bring a map!

Other Thoughts:

I've only played the "summer" course. In the winter, apparently most of it fills with water and the course design is changed up to accomodate.
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