New: 36 holes of disc golf in Mount Shasta - New Courses

Adam Schneider · #1 March 14th, 2009, 05:37 PM

I played Anderson River Park (Anderson, CA) yesterday, and was chatting with one of the locals... he mentioned something about a new course being built in the town of Mount Shasta (about an hour south of the Oregon border on I-5). Google searches told me very little, so I tracked down the e-mail address of a guy in Weed who seemed like he might know something. Here's what I just got back:

"36 holes...baskets went in last year Behind the high school...2 yr project to get the 52 acres cleared and course designed...needless to say it is still pretty rough and I will be working on putting in tee pads this summer...signs are up and the 4 nine hole courses are worth playing..."

If I have time on my way back north next weekend, I WILL be checking this out, at least to see it if not play it.

Mystjava · #2 March 14th, 2009, 07:22 PM

Let us know.. Perhaps Nathan "Snaps" will check it out and throw it on the ODDGA/NorCal Disc Golf group event..

Good luck..

NWDiscer · #3 March 14th, 2009, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Adam Schneider

I played Anderson River Park (Anderson, CA) yesterday, and was chatting with one of the locals... he mentioned something about a new course being built in the town of Mount Shasta (about an hour south of the Oregon border on I-5). Google searches told me very little, so I tracked down the e-mail address of a guy in Weed who seemed like he might know something. Here's what I just got back:

"36 holes...baskets went in last year Behind the high school...2 yr project to get the 52 acres cleared and course designed...needless to say it is still pretty rough and I will be working on putting in tee pads this summer...signs are up and the 4 nine hole courses are worth playing..."

If I have time on my way back north next weekend, I WILL be checking this out, at least to see it if not play it.

Is this a JD Lee project??

Adam Schneider · #4 March 14th, 2009, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by NWDiscer

Is this a JD Lee project??

It is.

NWDiscer · #5 March 15th, 2009, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Adam Schneider

It is.

Nice

Flatroc · #6 March 15th, 2009, 12:06 PM

I think I remember Jeff calling it his 4 Leaf Clover course.
Knowing JD this should be a very cool thing.

Adam Schneider · #7 March 15th, 2009, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Flatroc

I think I remember Jeff calling it his 4 Leaf Clover course.

That would fit with him saying it was "four 9-hole courses"... that's a cool concept, if you've got the right land for it.

By the way, I suspect this is the plot of land we're talking about: http://www.oregondiscgolf.com/?center=41.32520,-122.30075&zoom=16 -- either that or the area directly east of the school.

I nominate this as the "disc golf course most likely to be destroyed by a volcano."

It is RIGHT at the bottom of Mt. Shasta.

Kevin Madrid · #8 March 16th, 2009, 09:04 AM

I wonder now if JD will have a big golf weekend playing the new 36 hole course with the the course on Mt. Shasta this summer? Man love that mountain course!!! May have to go down this summer

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Adam Schneider · #9 March 16th, 2009, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Kevin Madrid

I wonder now if JD will have a big golf weekend playing the new 36 hole course with the course on Mt. Shasta this summer?

I think I read somewhere on a NorCal DG page that he was using the mountain baskets for the new course... so unless they get more, they might not be able to be up simultaneously.

Adam Schneider · #10 March 23rd, 2009, 08:35 AM

I walked two of the four courses at the "Mount Shasta Disc Golf Complex" on Saturday. (I would've done all of them, but it was pouring rain and snow.) As suspected, each 9-hole loop begins and ends at the same central location. All 36 holes are 100% playable, with signs on every hole and arrows pointing the way to the next hole. All it's missing is teepads.

I took some pictures; I'll post them soon. Think Hyzer Pines but with tall oaks and manzanita shrubs instead of pines and sagebrush.

Mystjava · #11 March 23rd, 2009, 01:42 PM

Oh!!!! Now I can start dreaming! Tall Oaks! No sagebrush to get poked by! Yeah!!!! It's going to be on my wish list to play and hopefully this summer or late spring I'll be able to check it out!

Adam Schneider · #12 March 23rd, 2009, 02:43 PM

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No sagebrush to get poked by! Yeah!!!!

That doesn't mean there aren't other things to poke you though... I saw some wild 'n' wacky thorny stuff that I hadn't even seen before. But overall I think the vegetation will be pretty benign; the high Cascades are not the lushest environment.

I've added the new course to DGCR: http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=3221

Mystjava · #13 March 23rd, 2009, 07:59 PM

Maybe I spoke too soon? I hope it isn't as thorny and painful as some of the nw blackberries! Gosh.. I hate those, especially after my discs land in the smack dab middle of them!

Vector_2008 · #14 March 23rd, 2009, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Adam Schneider

That doesn't mean there aren't other things to poke you though... I saw some wild 'n' wacky thorny stuff that I hadn't even seen before. But overall I think the vegetation will be pretty benign; the high Cascades are not the lushest environment.

I've added the new course to DGCR: http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=3221

Adam,

Are those true par 3's on every hole or they assigned as the general par like most dg courses?

Adam Schneider · #15 March 23rd, 2009, 10:18 PM

They don't list any pars on the signs, which assumably makes them all par 3. I didn't see any holes that were obviously par 4 or par 5 anyway.

Typical tee sign (albeit for the longest hole on the course):

Start of the west course, with typical terrain: