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Rathdrum, ID

Rathdrum Mtn. - Original

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brentjacobs
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Real Rough Hillside Shorty 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:May 31, 2021 Played the course:once

Pros:

- 9 well-mounted DISCatcher Pros with Yellow bands.
- Nice big, colorful, and accurate course map at the start.
- For such a small course with very short distances, the designers used a lot of elevation.
- Not heavily wooded but the small trees on the hillside add some challenge to the very short holes.
- Some kick boards w hole numbers were installed to designate tee areas. A couple are currently missing and/or kicked out of the ground where they were originally set.
- Flag on the blind basket of hole 7 is helpful.
- Pretty decent hole lengths for a kid/putter course. They measure between 65' and 158'.
- I love the idea of a mountainside pitch n putt. It's beautiful up there and nothing wrong with installing lower skill level courses in this kind of country.
- Ace runs all over!
- Free to play. Trailhead host at the camper in the main lot was super friendly and helpful in getting us pointed in the right direction.

Cons:

- No tee signs, no tee surfaces, and after you leave the map at the start, no navigational aids. As mentioned, a couple of the tee kick boards have been removed.
- Rough unmaintained terrain. I don't mind rugged courses but I'm listing this Con as the hillside you play is steep, the rough is overgrown, and a few baskets and landing areas will be blind. Most certainly a chance to lose discs, which I don't love for a beginner course.
- On a similar vein, those ace runs I mentioned are neat but the fun is dampened a good bit by the constant fear of a bad roll into untamed and wild rough.
- Some of the holes are really short. Cool for children but kids only throwing 65' are probably going to find just walking this rough hillside a challenge, let alone actually playing a round of golf.
- Not good parking options which means a decent walk to and then back from the course. Again, if we're talking a kid or low beginner level course, things should be as easy and fun as possible.

Other Thoughts:

This place is a weird one to me. Kid length holes(mostly) on not kid friendly terrain. Super rough, rugged, and unkept so even while you stare down your ace run you can't fully relax and enjoy. I definitely laid up on a couple holes and we only threw really bright discs. As Jah mentioned, it's tough to pin down the target audience. I'd say "me" as I love bagging all sorts of weird-a** courses and this one tickled a few of my interests. But people don't install courses solely for stupid baggers. For this course to hit full potential, they'd need more infrastructure and somebody dedicated to clearing and maintaining the rough. That's not the case at this time. As of my trip up, the GPS pin tries to take you through private land so don't do that. Follow the Rathdrum Mountain signs, you'll drive by the course map on your right. Kinda thought it was a developer subdivision sign at first glance. We parked in the main trail area lot and walked back down, then back up when finished. Not one I ever need to play again but if you're staying in the area or bagging that region I certainly wouldn't say to skip it.
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