Planning a trip to Portland in April, need course advice.

[Chad_from_BC]

April is a long way off, but it's never too early to start planning. A friend and I are planning a trip to the Portland area from up in BC and I'm looking to nail down a list of courses to play. So many great looking courses and not enough time. We plan to be in the area for about 6 days so we should be able to hit up a few great courses. I know we need to play Milo McIver and Pier Park.

Is whistlers bend worth the 3 hour drive, and if so are there other worthy courses to play on the way there and back.

Also as a side note to Nate Sexton, if you happen to see this. I'm the guy from kamloops that played in the doubles round with Andy at the ultra glide in June. And the friend coming with me is Robbio who caddied for Dave in the tourney. You told me to post here if we were planning a trip, so here I am.

Thanks to anyone that has any advice.

[Tim]

My friend Chuck and I did a road trip not too long ago touring the OR courses. And yes, Pier and Milo are must plays, also add to your list Horning's Hideout. If you're not familiar, it's 3 courses on private property, with camping available. How long are you planning on taking for your trip? If you've got the time, then yes, Whistler's is definitely worth the drive. There are a good number of totally good courses along the way to play if you desire (I can soundly recommend Willamette, Adair, and Waterloo in the Albany area...and Bryant if you're prepared for a long challenge). Definitely not to miss though, if you make it that far south is Dexter outside of Eugene.

Also, if you've got the time, north of Portland, Trojan and Lucky Mud in WA are both definitely worth your while.

[Adam Schneider]

Whistler's Bend is excellent -- the best in the state, I think -- but if you've never been to Oregon before, you could easily spend the whole trip hitting solid courses in the Portland, Salem, and Albany areas, without the extra 6 hours of driving.

Be sure to browse DGCourseReview.com (http://www.dgcoursereview.com/browse.php?country=1&zipcode=97204&zip_distance=75) to find out more about the local courses.

[Bruce]

I would recommend, McIver, Trojan, Whistlers, Adair, and Dexter. In that order! Not that the others aren't great, but the pale to those five courses, in my opinion.

[Chad_from_BC]

I would recommend, McIver, Trojan, Whistlers, Adair, and Dexter. In that order!

I'll be looking at maps and getting timelines down of course, but how many days do you think we could do that in ? Is that 4 days to play all those at least once or twice ? EDIT. Actually upon looking at it, it's not that far really. According to google maps, the travel time is around

trojan
pier park
milo mciver (45 min)
adair (2 hours)
dexter (1.5 hours)
whistlers bend (1.5 hours)

So a total of about 6 hours drive from Pier Park to Whistlers Bend with lots of golf in between. That's a few courses a day, and the there and back with each course a few times should be about 3 days then.

[Matt B.]

I'll be looking at maps and getting timelines down of course, but how many days do you think we could do that in ? Is that 4 days to play all those at least once or twice ? EDIT. Actually upon looking at it, it's not that far really. According to google maps, the travel time is around

trojan
pier park
milo mciver (45 min)
adair (2 hours)
dexter (1.5 hours)
whistlers bend (1.5 hours)

So a total of about 6 hours drive from Pier Park to Whistlers Bend with lots of golf in between. That's a few courses a day, and the there and back with each course a few times should be about 3 days then.

Yes, you can easily play those courses a few times each in four days.

[Chad_from_BC]

wicked. gonna lurk around this website a bit for the next few months. i'd really like to come up with some cool people to chill with when we're down there.

["Over the Hill" Bob]

wicked. gonna lurk around this website a bit for the next few months. i'd really like to come up with some cool people to chill with when we're down there.

Don't just lurk, join in and enjoy yourself. You can gain a lot of knowledge here. Where in BC are you coming from? Do you plan to camp? In an RV? Hotel? I'm sure there are some spare rooms in the area if needed. Welcome to the site and I'm sure you will have a blast while in Oregon.

Bob

[Chad_from_BC]

Don't just lurk, join in and enjoy yourself. You can gain a lot of knowledge here. Where in BC are you coming from? Do you plan to camp? In an RV? Hotel? I'm sure there are some spare rooms in the area if needed. Welcome to the site and I'm sure you will have a blast while in Oregon.

Bob

Im from Kamloops. It's about 3 hours north east of Vancouver. I had the pleasure of hanging out with Dave Feldberg and Melody for a couple of days playing practice rounds when he came up for our tour event in June. Also played a doubles round and had Andy Hawk for a partner, too bad Sexton and his partner beat us, heh. Nate was saying there's a lot of wicked people down there and there'd be a chance of rooming with some for sure, other than that it's probably tent time, no RV and I don't care to spend money on hotels. He's the one that told me to check out this site and what really got me wanting to hit up Oregon. It's just this year wasn't really a reality.

We're about 7 hours from Portland from here, and we'll be making at least a stop at Stelli on the way down. I think we're gonna try for a total of 7-8 days, so counting the 2 days of driving that leaves us with 5-6 days to take in the glory that is Oregon disc golf.

[Adam Schneider]

Well, hell, if the trip is all about disc golf, then definitely go to Whistler's Bend.

[Chad_from_BC]

Well, hell, if the trip is all about disc golf, then definitely go to Whistler's Bend.

It's gonna be wake up, play and drive all day, sleep, repeat. For a week.

[Bruce]

Depending on what day you are in the Portland area, I'd hit Milo up with you. I pretty much live there anyways!

[Chad_from_BC]

Depending on what day you are in the Portland area, I'd hit Milo up with you. I pretty much live there anyways!

i'll definitely be hitting up the forums hard a few weeks before the trip in april when we have dates planned looking for people to hang out with.

[snap7times]

Just me personally, I would go for Horning's over Trojan and play all 3 courses during the day and then a wild and trippy round of glow at night... nuts...

[Chad_from_BC]

Just me personally, I would go for Horning's over Trojan and play all 3 courses during the day and then a wild and trippy round of glow at night... nuts...

should have time to do all those things.

[Hippy007]

should have time to do all those things.

you should camp at hornings so that you can get a glow round on the highlands course at night.

Hippy007 :cool2:

[The Ombudsman]

Sounds like a fabulous trip!
So you are just planning on passing through Seattle without throwing Sea Tac or Steillacoom?

[Tim]

I was going to say the same thing, both courses are pretty close to I-5 and well worth the stop.

Also, just a bit of advice, I'd recommend giving yourself some rest time in there somewhere. Doing a non-stop marathon of disc golf sounds awesome when you're planning everything out, that's what Chuck and I did on our trip. But by the end of the trip, it was more like work than play, the last day being more a testament to endurance than anything. To keep the disc golf experience "fresh", I'd suggest taking a day or two to do some non-DG related stuff.

["Over the Hill" Bob]

I was going to say the same thing, both courses are pretty close to I-5 and well worth the stop.

Also, just a bit of advice, I'd recommend giving yourself some rest time in there somewhere. Doing a non-stop marathon of disc golf sounds awesome when you're planning everything out, that's what Chuck and I did on our trip. But by the end of the trip, it was more like work than play, the last day being more a testament to endurance than anything. To keep the disc golf experience "fresh", I'd suggest taking a day or two to do some non-DG related stuff.

We're about 7 hours from Portland from here, and we'll be making at least a stop at Stelli on the way down.

Looks like a stop at Steillacoom is in the plans.

Bob

[sillybizz]

I highly recommend bringing a map or meeting up with someone who has knowledge of the course. The Geniuses who got the place put in didn't take into consideration people playing it for the first time and Navigation is impossible, there are as many as fifteen(yes 15) different layouts to the course is what I have been told.

[Joshua Olmsted]

Definitely post up when you will be playing Steilacoom, though this is a primarily Portland-dominated forum there is a solid cadre of Tacoma folks who love to show folks around the Steily maze.:cheers:

[Chad_from_BC]

Definitely post up when you will be playing Steilacoom, though this is a primarily Portland-dominated forum there is a solid cadre of Tacoma folks who love to show folks around the Steily maze.:cheers:

thanks, ive heard horror stories about figuring out which way to play the course.

[Joshua Olmsted]

It's too bad that it has gotten that rap over the years too, because a number of the layouts at Steily stand alone as stunning courses, just playing the NW and SE make for a pretty amazing 36 hole layout.

[Ode]

just print a map out from online. they do exist and we have been putting some on the kiosk at the course but with the rain and wind they dont last long. between a map and the "signage" its easier than people make it out to be.

or better yet, join a group out there who look like they know their way around. id love to quit seeing people cry about navigating steili when they put very little effort in. Pro, Am, SE and NW have signs on most of the holes and maps available either online or from Raymond Seick at the course.