This is a really good warmup to the big stub course. It's got an average hole length of around 140 feet. It still has the stub feeling with the trees, and beautiful scenery. It's got good ace run lines, and good elevation change. Nice tee pads and baskets. Easy navigation and fun shots/basket placements. It's got great elevation change for just being a short nine hole course.

Nothing over 175 leave the drivers behind. Some ferns can make disc hard to locate if by yourself. Some holes have hole number on it some are missing no tee signs :/

This course starts left of the main course, and This is a good course for family new players, or to warmup/ have an ace race competition.

So this is my second attempt at reviewing this course. My first attempt went down in flames as a savvy reader (someone actually reads these?) pointed out that I had actually reviewed the front 9 of the 18 hole Hares Canyon course. So I call a do over.

Everything I found says the Lil' Stub course starts near the practice basket. I found the practice basket but finding the # 1 tee box was a little difficult. One thing to remember is the 18 hole course has orange baskets while the Lil' Stub 9 has brand new yellow Discatchers complete w/ number on top. Lil' Stub has small patio tee pads and simple little signs giving the hole #. The course plays in the same densely wooded forest as the bigger course, complete with the disc hiding sword ferns. There is some nice elevation to contend with. In other words, this is a quintessential Pacific Northwest forest you're playing through. The difference is this course is short, averaging about 100' per hole. Once you find # 1, navigation is very easy.

# 1 is 80' needing just a little anhyser.
# 2 is 125' straight ahead.
# 3 is is neat little 85' downhill throw. It has a cool tee pad area with bench.
# 4 is 120' with one large Fir tree to avoid.
# 5 is 120' slightly uphill.
# 6 a 120' needing a little S curve action.
# 7 is about 100', slightly up and very tight.
# 8 finds the basket behind two large trees 110' and slightly uphill.
# 9 is 110' up a steeper hillside but has a fair route getting there.

For what this course was designed for, not much.

There could be a better marked trail getting to the # 1 tee pad.

Not much chance of losing a disc but better than average chance, you'll be searching under the sword ferns.

$ 5 fee is worth it if you play both courses.

Nice little warm up course before tackling the tight, technical 18 course. Or a great little course for beginners. What I like most about Lil' Stub is it gives beginners the wooded course education but with these short distances it won't frustrate. I think it'll get them excited about disc golf. They get to experience the things we all love like being in the beautiful forest, following cool little marked trails and having to negotiate some elevation changes and successfully making a variety of throws.