The Valmont Park Interim Disc Golf Course is a temporary 18-hole disc golf course in northeast Boulder. It's east of Foothills Parkway and west of Valmont Butte and the Valmont Post Office. The course's uninformative government web page describes the course as temporary; there are somewhat vague plans for a better, bigger course. (Obviously, we should be thankful for the course and its government web pages. Thanks, Boulder, Mike Lamb, John Bird, and the Mile High Disc Golf Club!)
Volunteers laid the course in November and December, 2012 and I played it for the first time with a friend last weekend. Being a total nerd and obsessive-compulsive organizer, I took my GPS watch and smartphone so I could offer the first online map of the course (and of course now I've just discovered this earlier, less complete jpeg map on the discgolfcoursereview website forum).
You'll note that this is not a particularly accurate map, but I hope it communicates the general idea that this disc golf course is a lot of fun. The first 9 holes meander amusingly around a hill. The back 9 asks the question, "Can you throw straight?" You'll note that I cannot. (I'd never played disc golf on a course before and there was a 20 mph wind most of the day.)
We played for 1 hour 10 minutes and tied at 79 strokes. We weren't in a hurry and we had many throws get waylaid by wind gusts. I think someone could easily play this course during a lunch break. And the Front 9 would be totally fun to tackle in half that time.
There's space for maybe 20 cars in the parking lot just east of the park. And Valmont Bike Park, maybe 50 yards north and east along Airport Drive, has parking spots available as well.
Water is unavailable on the course, so consider bringing a bottle. There's a seasonal port-o-let conveniently positioned near tee 12, just about when you'd need it.
Enjoy!
Valmont Park Interim Disc Golf Course
South of the intersection of Valmont and Airport Drive in Boulder, CO
Uninformative government web page for the course
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2 comments:
I was wondering if you'd taped your GPS watch directly to your discs. That would make a pretty interesting map as well.
I'm pretty sure the course would have looked exactly the same. I did a lot of walking that day!
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