Stowe, VT

Trapp Family Lodge - Old Layout

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galluni
Experience: 73 played 13 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Scenic and fun 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 9, 2017 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

-- Easy access to the course, and free to play.
-- Maps, scorecards and pencils are plentiful in the large mailbox near hole 1.
-- Handy practice basket.
-- Beautiful looking course with meadows, streams, ponds and woods.
-- Large variety of holes and shots included in just nine holes.
-- Good use of elevation change, uphill and down.
-- Nice amenities

Cons:

-- The tees "boxes" are practically non-existent. Most of the blue tees are just a small worn patch of dirt with no room for a run up, and most of the white tees shown on the map don't seem to exist.
-- Poor signage, hard to navigate the first time (good thing they provide maps) but easy after you've been around it once.
-- A couple of the holes in the woods are "throw and hope" as there is no clear fair line and/or a blind shot from the tee.

Other Thoughts:

It was hard to give this course a numerical rating, because it really is a gorgeous little course with a remarkable amount of variety in just nine holes. In fact, playing twice around to make it an 18 hole outing kept our interest. But the condition of the tee areas was a big detraction. It's a shame, because with just a little bit of work on the tees, this could be a great course. Overall I had fun, and I'll come back to play it again.
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sapster1990
Experience: 17 played 2 reviews
2.00 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 20, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

Short
Quick
Attached to a brewery

Cons:

Dangerous Tee boxes
Tough to navigate
Artificially difficult. Doesn't really seem designed as much as plopped down baskets

Other Thoughts:

Potential to be a really cool course. Needs better signage, actual tee boxes, and to be cleaned up. With some forestry to create actual lines this would be fun.
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2 Chainz
Experience: 10 played 9 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Von Trapp Lodge Course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 17, 2016 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Good (at times very long) distances from tee to chains. Requires a variety of shots. Forest ground was clear and easy to walk on. Hole 1 provides a great view of the mountains. Eventually the course leads into the woods. There isn't much low vegetation in there so losing a disc isn't a large concern.

Cons:

Difficult to navigate without a map, but once it was played once it became muscle memory and not a problem in the slightest. Cow-pies on holes 1, 2, and 9 were not a huge problem and the electric fence provided an OB.

Other Thoughts:

If you are in the area this is a great course to check out for beginner players, as well as advanced players.
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The Valkyrie Kid
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 45.9 years 1563 played 1507 reviews
2.50 star(s)

The Hills Are Alive With Steaming Cow Pies! 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 5, 2015 Played the course:once

Pros:

The Trapp Family Lodge complex is set on 2500 acres in the beautiful mountain country of Vermont. The disc golf course is easy to find. It starts and finishes just below the road at the bakery/brewery building. There is a mailbox at the beginning with scorecards, pencils and a sign-in sheet. There is a practice basket at the start. The tee pads are natural. The baskets are DGA models with the red number on top. There are two sets of tees, the longer Blues and the shorter ones. The shorts are a little harder to locate.

# 1 hole starts just below the pen holding the goats. You city boys need to be prepared to wiggle under, step over or just disconnect and then reconnect the electric fence multiple times while playing this course. Your second hazard, especially on the open field holes, are constant, fresh, steaming cow pies. I was amazed that I was able to luckily avoid having my disc land in one of them. There are a couple of nearby streams where you could wash off the offended disc, if need be.

Holes 1, 2, 6 and 9 play in the fields. The rest mostly play in the wooded areas. There is a nice variety of distances ranging from under 200' (# 8) to # 4's almost 400'.

# 2, a 350' downhill, which looks rather harmless from the tee, features a creek not too far behind the basket as well as the numerous cow pies so there are hazards there.

Actually, my favorite hole was the course's shortest, # 8. It's just a straight 180' but there are a small grove of trees center fairway which force you to make a decision on one of two routes off the tee.

Cons:

The electric fence is on. Over, Under or just unhook it and walk through. Just make sure to hook it back up.

These Von Trapp Family cows are amazing producers of waste material. You would think there's a herd of 100's but I didn't see any. Your disc could land in a nasty, smelly, fresh pile!

The grass on # 9 was pretty tall. Why aren't the cows and goats doing their jobs and munching it down?

Other Thoughts:

I was hoping to run into 78 year old Johannes. He's Maria's youngest son and still lives on the property. That's some pretty amazing stuff when you think that the movie "The Sound of Music" came out in the early 60's and the Trapp family walked over the border into Switzerland to escape the Nazis during WW II and eventually ended up here in Vermont. Maybe the Nazis disapproved of disc golf. Perhaps Hitler had a weak arm and couldn't throw 275'.
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rcj333
Experience: 10.7 years 82 played 12 reviews
2.00 star(s)

there is beer there. 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 17, 2014 Played the course:once

Pros:

Free is good and I like being able to finish a round at a Beer garden. Beautifull views also make it a round worth playing if you are in the area.

Cons:

9 hole courses do not bother me at all, but crappy tee pads and poor signage bum me out. With just a little TLC, this could be a really cool little course. But as it stands now, its just a nice walk with baskets.

Other Thoughts:

The highlight of the round was the bakery/brewery. Would play again, but only if I was already in Stowe.
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SSCrash
Experience: 13.8 years 29 played 6 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Trapp Lodge 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 12, 2014 Played the course:once

Pros:

Free to play
Starts at Biergarten/Bakery/Deli
Mix of a few open and wooded holes
Shoot into, out of, and through woods
Easy to follow and marked with arrows
Very scenic area
Super clean - litter free

Cons:

Sometimes unclear which holes have multple tees
Only 9 holes
Bring bug spray
Signage fading and hand drawn on red plastic

Other Thoughts:

would rate higher if 18 holes. Really enjoyed the 2 rounds I played.
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swatso
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 15.7 years 755 played 414 reviews
1.50 star(s)

General Chang 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 7, 2012 Played the course:once

Pros:

Setting/scenery, especially in the autumn.

Two tee locations seven of nine holes. Practice basket.

Even w/o the map, which I discovered post-playing is available in the deli, the course is easy to navigate.

Cons:

Short, natural tees/worn-out spots. Portable baskets.

A couple of approaches are poke-n-hope.

Other Thoughts:

Course plays in a counter-clockwise fashion down/across a mixture of open space/patch of woods next to/below the deli/bakery at the Trapp Family Lodge. Basic teesigns at the long (blue-painted wood) locations will give a rough idea as to the shape of the hole, and there are markers at the baskets for the next tee. The shorter tees, marked by a couple small sections of birch branches, are a bit harder to find. A brief hole-by-hole description, from the long tees:

#1 360', wide open, downslope, water retention basin long-n-left.
#2 350', downslope, broad fairway, requiring/holding a moderate left-turn at the midpoint
#3 330', initially downslope, narrow window at ~130', then flat, basket behind small tree/bushes
#4 395', flat throughout, wide open first 250', then slight right into woods with ever-shrinking windows
#5 316', gently upslope, S-shape through scattered trees, poke-n-hope trees 30' before basket
#6 260', straight but challenging wooded fairway first 150', then open to basket on slope
#7 290', elevated tee just outside of woods, choice of early or late right-turner, poke-n-hope trees at midpoint
#8 180', subtle right-turner up subtle slope within woods
#9 270', open, challenge is right-to-left slope and large tree early on right

Worth a visit if in the area. Food/beer was good, but on the pricey side.
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ole3
Experience: 18.1 years 37 played 3 reviews
4.00 star(s)

trapp family lodge 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 25, 2012 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

plays fast. no one playing there in the mornings. Free coffee before 11 am in the bakery. many 2 holes. easy walk to next hole following streams. great signs at each hole.

Cons:

only three long holes. some areas off fairways need cleaning. some tee boxes are short.

Other Thoughts:

this course is geat because its so close to burlington.
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