Pros:
The Walden DGC in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada is located in a very pretty little park. This small park is flat with lovely green grass and this nasty rough with six foot high elephant grass and some patches of blackberry bushes running through the park. This rough really comes into play on holes, 1, 5 and 8. As this is a recreational level course with all nine holes lengths measuring between 230' and 278', having championship challenging rough kind of doesn't make since to me.
As the course is brand new, so is the equipment. The baskets are wonderful DGA models with red numbers. The tee pads are smallish concrete although most players won't need much of a run up when the longest hole is 278'. There are no tee signs but as previous reviewer Dsgc14 explained, there are nice little next tee signs at the bottom of each basket which makes navigation a breeze.
There are a few interesting/challenging holes here. # 1, although only 236', forces you to thread a low drive through a gap between a tree and some bushes. And thick, tall elephant grass lies just a few feet past the basket.
I found # 8 to be the most interesting hole here. It's 255' but features a cedar tree right in the center of the fairway. If you throw right, there's a small window and the 6' intimidating rough just to the right. The boring but safer throw to the left of the cedar is probably the smarter throw for most of us rec types.
Cons:
The tall grass, blackberries and wetland area come into play are going to affect most players frequenting this course. On # 1, this rough is probably 20' left of the basket but I managed to hyser my bright orange disc into these weeds never to be seen again. I really didn't care for # 5. It's a tight (236') throw down a fairly narrow fairway with this ugly rough all the way down on your right side. Many players will see their discs sail off into this black hole. And I already mentioned # 8.
Recreational distances and challenges.
Other Thoughts:
Without the nasty rough, I would have liked this course a lot more. Because of it, I'm not really a fan. I probably couldn't afford the lost disc tax if I played here on a regular basis.
Because Dscg14 is comfortable with kilometers and I am American and thereby well versed in miles, our ratings will vary somewhat. He gave this course a 3.5 but for me, after converting kilometers to miles, and then dividing by the sum total of the discs I lost, I will award it a slightly below average score of 2.0.
Happy disc hunting to you all!