The brand new (June 2019) Raptor's Knoll DGP In Langley, British Columbia is just about a mile from the U.S. border crossing at Sumas and right across the street from the Langley Transfer Station, which I think is Canadian for garbage dump. There is a nice, new parking lot here.

The course is a work in progress but they're off to an awesome start. The 40 acre property appears to be disc golf exclusive and features a wonderful variety of open versus wooded areas with plenty of rolling elevation. What is completed is first class. There are two or three 16' long concrete tee pads for each hole. The pads are far enough apart as to truly change the challenge and look of each hole, from recreational to intermediate to advanced level. The baskets are lovely orange Discatchers. They have already completed some grand landscaping in places, stairs leading both up and down from several holes. There are some wonderful, challenging basket placements. It appears to be a first class operation and when complete should be one of the premier courses in BC and maybe Western Canada. Some holes have lovely views of Mt. Baker and the surrounding peaks.

Unfortunately, at this time, there is no signage of any kind and the on-line map I had printed out is kind of a blurry mess, so I was mostly lost as I wondered about. With some holes approaching 600-700 or even 800' and blind basket placements, almost from the start, I was floundering. The pretty orange Discatchers don't yet have a number on them. A small number on each would be much appreciated. My notes detail hole after hole with a question mark regarding exactly which hole I was playing?

Attaching a rating to this course will be very interesting. It will be very similar to rating the new course, Edgewater DCC, south of the border in Mount Vernon, Washington. That is, do you rate it based on it's potential? Or do you rate it on it's current state and play-ability? The potential finished product here has a much higher ceiling than the Mount Vernon course as this piece of Canadian real estate is pretty special and one can already see that the designers are building a top notch disc golf course here. I will watch the progress here and my rating will be adjusted as improvements are made and I will plan to return again in a year or so and see in person what has transpired. I'll jump my rating up to a 3.5 as soon as I see that signage has been added. A course sign would also be appreciated as well as a more readable on-line map.

I see this course as a potentially 4.0 rated course. That would make it one of 10 or 12 top courses in Canada. Of those top rated Canadian course, I've only played Hillcrest DGC on Prince Edward Island and I strongly feel that it is deserving of it's it's lofty 4.89 rating. I think it just needs one more rating to be listed among the top courses in the world. It's everything that a 5.0 rated course should entail. When finished, Raptor's Knoll will be an excellent, challenging course with a really cool name, quite possibly deserving of being called a top 10 course in the whole of Canada.

Seeing all the recent improvements, I have amended my earlier rating.