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Pros: This course is set on a hillside, and a few holes take advantage of the elevation change, with holes 4 and 7 going up, and hole 8 being a fun shot down the hill.
By far the best thing about this course is the extended layout that skips or lengthens some holes and includes several tonals behind the school and in the otherwise untouched fields. If you can find a local to show you where they are, then it is certainly the most challenging course within Vancouver.
By far the best thing about this course is the extended layout that skips or lengthens some holes and includes several tonals behind the school and in the otherwise untouched fields. If you can find a local to show you where they are, then it is certainly the most challenging course within Vancouver.
Cons: The basic 9 hole layout here is quite short, and very easy. Every hole is a potential birdie with a tee shot using a slow fairway driver at most. Don't come here for a challenge if you're an experienced player, unless you're going to play a safari round or use the tonals located around the backside of the schools.
With the exception of hole 6, the tee pads are either dirt or carpet with roots that are begging to help roll your ankle. Pay close attention to your footwork, or take your tee shot just off to the side on a grassy patch to avoid any potential injury.
With the exception of hole 6, the tee pads are either dirt or carpet with roots that are begging to help roll your ankle. Pay close attention to your footwork, or take your tee shot just off to the side on a grassy patch to avoid any potential injury.
Other Thoughts: If you are a beginner, or introducing someone to the game, the 9 hole layout is a great setup, without too many consequences for bad shots. Even someone who has never thrown any type of frisbee might get par on a hole or two. There is also a practice basket next to the parking lot that you can explain the concept of the game and warmup without getting in anyone's way.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
Report this Review Hill climb for the view
Pros: Up and down a steep hill makes for some interesting throws. Reasonably quiet park. Great view from the top of the hill. Easy enough for beginners to have fun.
Worth the trip just for the masses of delicious blackberries in the late summer!
Lots of potential for making up your own course with longer holes and trickier obstacles.
Very easy to get to (bus stop on 4th Ave)
Worth the trip just for the masses of delicious blackberries in the late summer!
Lots of potential for making up your own course with longer holes and trickier obstacles.
Very easy to get to (bus stop on 4th Ave)
Cons: No signs at tee-boxes. Tee-boxes are bare dirt, sometimes with tree-roots to get in your way.
The bushes are very dense and spiky, so wayward discs can be very hard to find.
The bushes are very dense and spiky, so wayward discs can be very hard to find.
Pros: Practice basket before first hole
Easy to follow layout
Map available for download
Not too short
Slight elevation change
Easy to follow layout
Map available for download
Not too short
Slight elevation change
Cons: Some thorny bushes if you go out of bounds
Tee pads are not the greatest.
Tee pads are not the greatest.
Other Thoughts: Went to play this one afternoon while I was in the area, not too crowded but not sure how it would be during peak season. Holes are easy to spot and there is ample room to differentiate each hole. I liked the fact they had a practice basket at the first hole good way to warm up. Lots of parking in the area. Not too many obstacles. Advanced players may not find this course challenging.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.
Potential for 'goodness'
Pros: Jericho Hill has all of the makings for a decent course if there were about twice the amount of space available. As it stands Jericho is just an 'ok' course with a couple of really fun holes mixed in with fillers. Several of the back holes make pretty good use of tree coverage and there is a really nice little downhill shot that, while short, is quite fun.
Replayability: It is a little bit of a stretch, but I'd say that this course has a pretty good replay factor not because you could play from the permanent tees to baskets again and again but because Jericho makes for a really nice safari course. The hillside and sloping trees make for a great place to bring out an extra basket or two and make up some really fun holes which are a bit more challenging.
Replayability: It is a little bit of a stretch, but I'd say that this course has a pretty good replay factor not because you could play from the permanent tees to baskets again and again but because Jericho makes for a really nice safari course. The hillside and sloping trees make for a great place to bring out an extra basket or two and make up some really fun holes which are a bit more challenging.
Cons: The main drawback to this course is that many of the holes fail to incorporate trees early enough in the line to force you to shape a shot or pick a route. This is not true for all holes and several in fact make very good use of available tree coverage as in the low ceiling shot on hole six. The usual setup however is a long open fairway with trouble either behind or to one side of the pin rather than near the fairway routes. Players will have to control distance but will be able to have their way with route-finding.
Other Thoughts: Even with this low rating, Jericho is worth a play through because of a few fun hillside shots and for the potential to make up your own really nice safari course. I could see this being a very nice park for the beginner player to head out to practice all sorts of shots without the crowds that seem to fill up the nearby Little Mountain course.
6 of 7 people found this review helpful.
Not to Bad
Pros: This course is built on a great hillside, with wonderful views of both North and Downtown Vancouver. I love the proximity to the beach and other amenities. Most people play the set 9 holes and call it a mediocer course (which is fair), but the possibilities for a crative mind can easy turn this course into a challenging and interesting one. Shooting 450 ft off a 50 foot drop over thick blackberry bushes comes to mind.
Cons: If you arn't willing to create a few holes (or rock it with the locals) and make the best of it, you will find a lot of walking up hills to make boring shots that ends to soon. The tonals are small and hard to find without guidence.
Other Thoughts: If you're looking for a well designed course with tonnes of space, you wont find it here. If you want a hill-filled blank canvas of a course for your own inturpritation, in a great park with lots of treesw and no people than its worth the trip.
7 of 8 people found this review helpful.
Not a bad course. Pros: Better than I expected.
View of Vancouver is pretty good.
Really fun to throw from the last hole all the way down the hill.
View of Vancouver is pretty good.
Really fun to throw from the last hole all the way down the hill.
Cons: Some of the holes were good, but it's kind of boring for the other holes that just zig zag across the hill.
Other Thoughts: It's actually really not a bad course. Worth playing at least once for sure.
0 of 5 people found this review helpful.
Not awesome
Pros: Beautiful views of Vancouver. Apparently there are some tonals around that turn it into an 18.
Cons: Borring. Most of the holes have no obstacles whatsoever. Only maybe 4 holes of worthy disc golf here.
Other Thoughts: Could be renovated to create a great course. Until then, head east to Little Mountain, or better yet Robert Burnaby Park.
1 of 4 people found this review helpful.
Unmarked Course On A Great Hillside!
Pros: This is a great little piece of land on which to build a course. Unfortunately, the course design does not take full advantage of this awesome natural hillside. The course is set on the grounds of the Jericho Hill Community Center. The course starts down near the front parking with four short holes playing around a dense patch of brushy disc grabbing rough. Then the rest of the course works it ways up, across and down a little this large hillside. The baskets are Discatchers but the teepads are very rough in places. Navigation the first time through is a little tough. There are great views of the water, the city and the mountains in the distance from the hill on the hill holes. There is some nasty rough up around holes # 5 and # 6 as well. # 8 is the only hole that really lets you rip one down the hill.
Cons: No signage at all. Numbers on the baskets would really help even if they were just written on the pole with a sharpie. The teepads are natural and uneven in places. The course design is unimaginitve and should be redesigned to take full advantage of the great hillside. You should be able to incorporate a couple awesome downhill throws here.
Other Thoughts: I would bet he locals play this course backwards more often than they play it starting at # 1. From the # 9 teebox, it would be a fun throw over the athletic fields to one of the first baskets. Possibly, that field is used too much and this is not a great idea. Just a thought! This was my least favorite of the five courses I played in the Vancouver area.
5 of 8 people found this review helpful.
Interesting course Pros: Easily accessible course in Kitsilano with fairly open play and a decent variety of holes.
Cons: The OB areas are thick, rough, and sometimes not worth retrieving discs through. Many pedestrians and locals walking through the park during play. Tees are dirt and not level.
Other Thoughts: A course worth playing if you're in the area, the lack of alternate layout and the fact its only 9 holes makes this a very two-dimensional course.
0 of 4 people found this review helpful.
Jericho Hill 
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11/1/2008 
11/15/2008
Review By: JR Stengele 
Played: 159 Reviewed: 156 Exp: 13.1 Years
This review was updated on 4/20/2011
Pros:
This nine hole course is located on the hillside of the Community Centre with beautiful views of the mountains, harbor, and city (holes 7-9). Baskets were Mach 2's and in fairly good shape. Foliage maintenance was apparent as the lawns were mowed, trees seemed trimmed, and the berry bushes were cut back. The few holes that took somewhat advantage of the layout were holes 6, 8, & 9 (although still fairly short). Directions were easy to follow and parking was easily attainable.
This nine hole course is located on the hillside of the Community Centre with beautiful views of the mountains, harbor, and city (holes 7-9). Baskets were Mach 2's and in fairly good shape. Foliage maintenance was apparent as the lawns were mowed, trees seemed trimmed, and the berry bushes were cut back. The few holes that took somewhat advantage of the layout were holes 6, 8, & 9 (although still fairly short). Directions were easy to follow and parking was easily attainable.
Cons:
The general course design is in need of a makeover. It has the potential but does not take advantage of the elevation it offers. The first four holes around the parking lot are squeezed in very tight, and are all easy to birdie. They begin to zig zag up and then down (somewhat), and all give ample opportunities for even more birdies. The tee pads are in terrible shape, with uneven surfaces and tree roots throughout (other two Vancouver courses cement). It would be very difficult to play this course during the wet season, as throwing uphill in the mud was be difficult There are no tee signs/maps/markers anywhere so unless you ask a local or print out a map (go to links up above to download) a few holes might get confusing. However, once you play through it is easy to remember. The flow of this course needs work. Fairways can be hectic as the course can be crowded and many locals tend to play gorilla golf from the top down. Since the course ends up towards the top, DGers get congested as players are waiting to throw up and others are waiting to throw down. One of the best opportunities for a huge bomb isn't even incorporated as hole 9 just leaves you hanging towards the top (so most throw down to 3, its a great chance to grip and rip). If they ever consider the layout they ought to consider ending at the bottom of the hill considering you start there.
The general course design is in need of a makeover. It has the potential but does not take advantage of the elevation it offers. The first four holes around the parking lot are squeezed in very tight, and are all easy to birdie. They begin to zig zag up and then down (somewhat), and all give ample opportunities for even more birdies. The tee pads are in terrible shape, with uneven surfaces and tree roots throughout (other two Vancouver courses cement). It would be very difficult to play this course during the wet season, as throwing uphill in the mud was be difficult There are no tee signs/maps/markers anywhere so unless you ask a local or print out a map (go to links up above to download) a few holes might get confusing. However, once you play through it is easy to remember. The flow of this course needs work. Fairways can be hectic as the course can be crowded and many locals tend to play gorilla golf from the top down. Since the course ends up towards the top, DGers get congested as players are waiting to throw up and others are waiting to throw down. One of the best opportunities for a huge bomb isn't even incorporated as hole 9 just leaves you hanging towards the top (so most throw down to 3, its a great chance to grip and rip). If they ever consider the layout they ought to consider ending at the bottom of the hill considering you start there.
Other Thoughts:
I must say the atmosphere of this course and the beauty of the leaves falling during this time of year truely made this experience enjoyable even if Jericho wasn't the greatest of courses. Just being up in British Columbia playing disc golf was enough for me (although I didn't enjoy getting searched at the border).
If your looking for variety while visiting then I suggest playing all three but if your pressed for time, I would skip it. Both Little Mountain DGC-QE and Quilchena are better.
I must say the atmosphere of this course and the beauty of the leaves falling during this time of year truely made this experience enjoyable even if Jericho wasn't the greatest of courses. Just being up in British Columbia playing disc golf was enough for me (although I didn't enjoy getting searched at the border).
If your looking for variety while visiting then I suggest playing all three but if your pressed for time, I would skip it. Both Little Mountain DGC-QE and Quilchena are better.
9 of 10 people found this review helpful.
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