I'm vacationing in Cally over the 4th. I should have plenty of time to hit some sweet DGC's. I'll be staying in Sacramento and I plan on playing in the Tahoe, Grass Valley, and Santa Cruz area's for sure and maybe some other areas too.
Anyone got any recommendations for must hit courses in Nor Cal, that would be great. Smitty posted a cool course rating site.
http://www.playdg.com/courses.php
Any more sites like this would be cool. Right now I'm just using the directory (which can be misleading) and an online map to see if they are reachable.
I've played DeLavega, South Lake Tahoe, and a cool mountain course west of Taho called Kirkwood. I'll probably hit those again, but I gotta get some new ones in too.
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Going to California
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Schoen-hopper
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Yeah, it certainly will be! I've got several day trips planned from Sacramento.
Going north, I'll play Rocklin, Auburn, Grass Valley (Conden), Grass Valley (Toney's Mountain), & Penn Valley.
Going east its Truckee, Zephr Cove, & South Lake Tahoe.
Going west its Napa & Novato.
Going southwest to DeLavega in Santa Cruz before the course is no more.
Plan to spend some time seing Lake Tahoe, Napa Valley, Muir Woods, San Francisco, the beach along highway 1, whatever else comes up.
Going north, I'll play Rocklin, Auburn, Grass Valley (Conden), Grass Valley (Toney's Mountain), & Penn Valley.
Going east its Truckee, Zephr Cove, & South Lake Tahoe.
Going west its Napa & Novato.
Going southwest to DeLavega in Santa Cruz before the course is no more.
Plan to spend some time seing Lake Tahoe, Napa Valley, Muir Woods, San Francisco, the beach along highway 1, whatever else comes up.
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California was a blast. Perfect state for disc golf. Nobody cares that nobody cares (about anything other than golf).
I pretty much went everywhere and did everything in 5 days.
As far as the courses go (Delaveaga Park is the best anywhere), the courses were all very nice, but some were not very playable.
Ended up playing in Rocklin, Auburn, Grass Valley, Toney's Mountain, Truckee, South Lake Tahoe, Napa, Novato, Berkeley, San Francisco, & Santa Cruz.
Condon Park was probably my favorite outside DeLaveaga. The course is pretty tight and can be played short or quite long. Hills, clear streams, many different trees... that course had it all.
Truckee and South Lake Tahoe were also jewels. Lots of pine trees and good elevation at Truckee. Many different shots. Nice climate too.
Toney's Mountain was difficult to get to and mosquito hell. Course was nice looking, but crazy. Basically vegetation everywhere. They had a PDGA tournament there over the weekend. With the rockslide steep fairways and poison Oak everywhere, I'd be surprised if people weren't getting hurt or at least losing all there plastic.
Napa was in a very nice natural wilderness area. Lots of blind shots and stickers in tall grass made this course a pain in the arse.
Novato was similar, I mean Napa to the 10th power. This course is probably one of the most difficult in the world. It has crazy distance that plays mostly uphill. Tons of trees, wind, and triple doglegs to pins that are so far away you can't find them. I would probably really enjoy this course if it wasn't for the 3 foot high grass that seems to cut you or stab you with every step. That also with 100 degree heat melting you while you are climbing the hill, desperate searching for where you know you threw your shot....
Just a few miles west of Novato's boiling hillside is the bay area, where the temperature drops 40 degrees in a matter of minutes. Golden Gate Park in San Francisco didn't get rave reviews, so I thought I'd skip seeing it. Upon checking the place out, this was one of the best parks I've ever seen. The play was short but very technical. Giant coastal trees in a rainforest atmosphere made this course awesome. I don't know about the characters that play there though?
I pretty much went everywhere and did everything in 5 days.
As far as the courses go (Delaveaga Park is the best anywhere), the courses were all very nice, but some were not very playable.
Ended up playing in Rocklin, Auburn, Grass Valley, Toney's Mountain, Truckee, South Lake Tahoe, Napa, Novato, Berkeley, San Francisco, & Santa Cruz.
Condon Park was probably my favorite outside DeLaveaga. The course is pretty tight and can be played short or quite long. Hills, clear streams, many different trees... that course had it all.
Truckee and South Lake Tahoe were also jewels. Lots of pine trees and good elevation at Truckee. Many different shots. Nice climate too.
Toney's Mountain was difficult to get to and mosquito hell. Course was nice looking, but crazy. Basically vegetation everywhere. They had a PDGA tournament there over the weekend. With the rockslide steep fairways and poison Oak everywhere, I'd be surprised if people weren't getting hurt or at least losing all there plastic.
Napa was in a very nice natural wilderness area. Lots of blind shots and stickers in tall grass made this course a pain in the arse.
Novato was similar, I mean Napa to the 10th power. This course is probably one of the most difficult in the world. It has crazy distance that plays mostly uphill. Tons of trees, wind, and triple doglegs to pins that are so far away you can't find them. I would probably really enjoy this course if it wasn't for the 3 foot high grass that seems to cut you or stab you with every step. That also with 100 degree heat melting you while you are climbing the hill, desperate searching for where you know you threw your shot....
Just a few miles west of Novato's boiling hillside is the bay area, where the temperature drops 40 degrees in a matter of minutes. Golden Gate Park in San Francisco didn't get rave reviews, so I thought I'd skip seeing it. Upon checking the place out, this was one of the best parks I've ever seen. The play was short but very technical. Giant coastal trees in a rainforest atmosphere made this course awesome. I don't know about the characters that play there though?
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