This beautiful course is just east of Bellingham in Sudden Valley and was one I wanted to play years ago but just missed my chance. Now the local club has got it back up and running and am I glad they did! This very hilly piece of land is a mature forest so there isn't the choking underbrush and blackberries that is so common on coastal courses. There is at least one creek, maybe 2 that wend through the course. They are not generally in play but adds to the beauty.
The tees are a mix of pavers(5, 10-12), asphalt roads left in place, and gravel. The pavers have been put in on holes where it would be hard to have a stable gravel tee, are very well made, and I suspect more are planned. Even the tees that are just gravel are well compacted fine road gravel and don't appear to be wearing badly like many I have seen.
While some of the holes are tight on each other there is enough separation. This course is a great example of a technical course, not many longer holes but plenty of challenge with trees and terrain. The course had all pins in the short position today and it was plenty difficult, bet it is a real bear with them in the long ones.
A few notable holes:
1: short but steep uphill with trees. I love this as
a fair warning. Really sets the tone.
3: one of my favorite tunnel shots ever. Looks tighter
than it is. I dig a fair path that scares you a bit.
12: Down hill with pin on a small gnoll across a
road. Short enough to lay it up but can be
tough if miss the hill.
16: short ace run to pin in an old stump. Classic.

While I am gushing a bit, there are a few. Tee for 16 is gravel and wearing badly, hopefully is in line for pavers.
While they have done a pretty good job improving trails on the hills with mixed material stairs there are still a few spots that could use the same treatment.
Hole 6 is kinda a mess. it drops down hard left but tee points down a road that seems like a reasonable path. The pin is in danger of slightly errant throws from 7.
Walkouts. 2 long ones. 14 to 15 is long enough to make you wonder if you have taken a wrong turn even tho there really aren't any. 17 to 18 is less obvious. Very Nice gentleman named Zack was ahead of me and probably wouldn't have found path without the map I had printed out. I certainly wouldn't have. There are some next tee signs but they are light brown in a winter forest so are less obvious than you would hope for.
Last is the parking. If the gate isn't open it could fill up on a busy day.

Did I gush? Only because I have played alot of courses lately that were just ok or had potential but didn't quite make it. Since I don't have a particularly long arm courses like this really hit the sweet spot for me. Tight fairways but no shots where you can't see a plausible path to the pin. And missing the fairways makes for tough recovery but not impossible. Love a fair but tough course and this is one.
I really dig that from the Skagit Valley I now have a great selection of styles of courses within a hour drive.
Couple improvements with some pads and navigation aids and this is a 4.5 in my book. Many Thanks to the people making this happen, I looks forward to playing this one again.

Lots of variety of shots. Trees in play on most holes. Doesn't seem to easy to lose discs. Great for beginners and more experienced players.
BEAUTIFUL!!

Love the isolated feel. Just disc golf, no walkers or picnickers.

I played and reviewed the old Mossy Rock Course way back in 2008. At that time I rated it a 2.5 with the caveat that this was a wonderful piece of land with so much growth potential. Eleven years later and some of that potential has been reached. I don't exactly know the story of this property but it is so lovely and has such a peaceful vibe to it. It really is one of those exquisite walks in the woods that I so dearly love about disc golf.

The property is very hilly with mostly a thick forest of mature trees. There are some natural grassy fairways to work with while a couple of holes play up and down some old roads which are now grassy. Quite a few of the Discatchers ( like # 18) are set up in wooded embankments just beyond the fairways. There is a nice mix of hole lengths with two or three Ace runs of under 200' and probably five holes reaching out to around 350'. Also, a nice variety of hyser, anhysers and straight on holes, uphills and downhills, a couple of over a gully and up a hill throws and blind basket placements versus clearly visible ones.

The baskets are yellow Discatchers w/numbers, easy to spot in this thick forest. The signs are simple little round, wooden ones which just give the hole #, distance and possible basket placement. There are next tee signs and also some pink ribbons to guide you from hole to hole. Even with these and my wife walking the course with me, we had to backtrack and consult the on-line map quite a bit. The pads are natural soil with some gravel mixed in. Currently, I was very comfortable with them but I can see them getting pretty rough with use. Also, they don't have a front board so players will continue to extend them. If concrete is not in the near future plans, I would like to see a heavy duty (RR tie) front board added.

There has been some engineering done here with steps built with either concrete blocks or wood 1" x 8" boards. But there are plenty of other places where steps are needed to help players get up some of these hillsides, especially when it's wet and also to prevent some ugly future erosion issues.


The course will provide you with a nice workout, not quite an extreme type of workout like a ski course, but lots of up and down climbing over terrain that can be somewhat treacherous. And you can find some gnarly rough in places. The up and down terrain and trees are the challenges here. With no holes over 350', the course plays at probably a difficult rec to more advanced level.

Although so much work has already been done, there is still so much more to be done here.

Probably, the first thing that needs to be addressed are the tee pads. Concrete or patio block pads like at Cornwall Park would be a great addition.

There are many places where stairs need to be engineered in. In wet times, this course could be quite slippery and treacherous.

I'm concerned with the current signage because it's not heavy-duty vandal proof. I hope because of its remote location, it won't see the vandalism but the round tee signs and small next tee signs would be easy targets for that element of our society that just loves destroying things.

At one point, some needed stairs were constructed with 1-inch thick boards. Some are already starting to come apart. I'm sorry but these stairs have to be constructed of studier materials.

The building by the street and the old restrooms are eyesores, covered with graffiti.

I know it's easy for a reviewer like me to suggest improvements like stairs and better tee pads are needed. I realize both the expense and labor that are required to get these needed improvements implemented. I wish the local club well in their endeavors to continue to improve upon this site. It's a special piece of property, well worth the effort.

I'll give the course a solid 3.0 rating now and will certainly be willing to improve that rating as improvements are made. I'll look toward to coming back and playing here again.

-DISCatchers are nice baskets, and newer ones in great condition are no exception.
-Signs to the next tee can be found after almost every hole. Where there aren't signs, or where the trek between holes is longer, there are pink ties on the trees leading the way.
-Despite being heavily wooded, the course had a variety of shots and often several different options. I'm used to wooded holes having fewer lines per hole so this was a treat.
-The delight of navigating a heavily wooded course's tight fairways and accompanying scenery without the usually paired struggle to find discs. Even when I shanked a shot badly, it was pretty easily located.
-Great use of elevation. Almost every hole is either up or downhill, but to greatly varying degrees and 'styles'. Normally I would tire of constant elevation changes, but this course managed to keep it feeling fresh and delightful.
-The paths are well kept, with only a couple small spots as exceptions. This is very welcome on a course that makes such heavy use of elevation changes and feature some of the best paths I have seen for the steepness that some locations have, My knees aren't great, but I was only barely feeling a problem after a full round of hiking.
-The other points already mention this, but there is a great variety of hole shapes and lines between the elevation and tree layouts. I ended up using everything I bag that wasn't a driver, and most of my fairway drivers too.
-There are sections of the course that show the care that has gone into it and suggest that the Whatcom County DGC folks will keep up the maintenance. Regular maintenance is not always guaranteed, but as a visitor from less kept-up courses this looked encouraging.

-Less the course than amenities, but the porta-potty they have on site from a partnership with a septic company is (at least currently) the cleanest and one of the best equipped I have seen.

-Location and parking is a bit of an issue. Members of the Whatcom County Disc Golf Club can apparently get a key for expanded parking, but there isn't a huge amount of parking for non-members or any sign on the road to indicate where the course is for distant visitors unfamiliar with the course. Look for the tan building with the moss-covered roof.
-The gravel tees aren't a problem yet, but only because the course in its current state is quite new. These could easily become a problem later without constant maintenance, but there might already be plans to improve these since at this time the course is still quite new.
-The wood carved and painted tee-signs are lovely, but unfortunately don't offer the best hole description. You usually have to run ahead to check the basket location.
-Wood carved 'next tee' arrow signs are also lovely, but wood does not stand out from a forest background the best. The guide signs aren't super obvious in many places.
-I didn't see any garbage cans on site. So far it looks to not be a huge problem, but even if trash bags are difficult to pull out later I think some sort of receptacle will prove necessary with time.
-Even though the restroom was very nice for a porta-potty when I went, it's still a porta-potty. If it's possible sewage-wise, getting the old campsite bathrooms down by parking cleaned up and operational would be an improvement.

-Almost all of the holes are pretty short, I think maybe there were two holes on the course that broke 350. Short wooded holes are nice, but even with the elevation changes I would have liked to see

-Some signage pointing to the porta-potty would be nice, as you normally won't walk past it unless you're taking the path back from 18.
-If any local that sees this happens to know the previous address of the old campsite that the course is built on, listing that address on here would probably be a big help for folks trying to find the course.
-The current rating is given with a little generosity due to how new the course is, but even with sub-optimal garbage, restroom, and tee-pad situation the hole layout does make for great play and is notably better than other wooded courses I have played. This could be further developed into a truly special course eventually, but as is will still be a delight to play.

-Baskets are amazing, DISCatchers are my favorite baskets and playing on brand new ones is always a treat.
-If someone asked me what a true woods course this course would certainly come to mind. The fairways are there for sure, but so is the rough. missing you gap by even a foot can lead to a tough position where your only option is pitching out. What this course does that a lot of woods courses don't is it adds different shot shapes. there aren't just basic hazers or basic straight shots, there are long dog legs to either side, slight flip ups, etc.
-The other thing besides 'woodsy-ness' that defines this course is elevation. There are certainly a lot of hill out here, I walked up to hole one holding Udisc in my hand thinking "Oh 195 feet, that's an easy start" but upon reaching the tee and looking up the massive hill I realized I couldn't have been more wrong.
-For a course as new as this one, and in a place that is so forested as it is, its truly impressive how good the paths are.
-Navigation on this course is tricky, but not too bad, there are signs all around pointing to the next tee. The other thing I thought was cool is that you can tell how this course was planned, there are little pink flags near most tees and baskets, as well as some carving on trees, I thought it was cool to see a part fo the process of shaping a beautiful course out of the forest.
-This is an excellent place to play disc golf, I took my non-disc-golfer parents along and they said that walking the course was an awesome hike
-this course is clean, absolutely spotless, I saw only one beer can, garbage is my biggest peeve on disc golf courses, and It was great to play a course that had no garbage.
-Multiple pin placements on many holes, in my experience it is hard to do that well on a super wooded course like mossy roc, but from what I could see, these pins would work well

-I can't lie, not a fan of the tees out here, they are gravel which is not ideal. I totally understand that there is probably no way to put cement pads in, but some turf or pavers or at least some rubber would be much nicer.
-Tee signs are also minimally helpful. They are pretty and all, but on a good majority of the holes it is close to impossible to see the basket without walking up the fairway, so the signs need to be more helpful in that respect, some holes have signs that show dead straight, but the basket is tucked behind a group of trees or slightly off to one side. A way I would suggest getting around this issue would be to put markers on key trees to help navigate holes and find landing zones.
-this is a new course so, it still needs to get beat in. The rough is very rough, which adds a nice challenge for experienced disc golfers who can hit lines, or miss by only a little bit. this course is not beginner friendly at all, one beginner style shank and a disc is gone forever. Also, the underbrush on some parts of some fairways makes it annoyingly difficult to locate discs even when you nail your line.

This is an awesome course that anyone in the Bellingham area should definitely play. The coolest thing about this course is that is is both on private property, but available for the public to play, major kudos to the property owner who is willing to let random dudes like myself come and walk around their land.

The holes have a good amount of variations. You are not just throwing straight shots down tightly wooded fairways. Majority of fairways are open. Great elevation changes on a few holes that give you different looks.

Some areas off the fairways have heavyish brush that may hide discs pretty easily if thrown bad (might be smart to have a spotter just in case). Tee pad signs are sometimes completely wrong, and there are spots that take you a second to find the next whole due to lack of signage. Some holes can be slightly long or technical so new players might find it very difficult or frustrating. In the woods so prepare for the occasional stinging nettle or mosquito.

Fantastic use of an old camp ground. Fun course to enjoy with friends. Come prepared for trees and some difficult shots but don't expect it to be impossible to play on. Would recommend to players that have some experience and control with their shots.