The “new” Lake Trail Disc Golf course in the Comox Valley is a winner

 By Keith and Heather Nicol

Last fall we started disc golfing and it became a great way to get some fresh air and socialize with friends at the same time. Since it is easy to socially distance while playing we played many times through the fall and early winter. Then cross country skiing started at Mt Washington and disc golf went to the back burner but we still would play a few times a month through the winter. 

 

Over the winter the Lake Trail disc golf course layout was changed from 12 holes to 9 holes and now has no crossings of Arden Creek. This course is located near the Lake Trail school in Courtenay and we think the new layout is a winner. There is improved signage (although a large map at the start might help) and we liked it through the winter since it seemed to be less muddy than say the Village Park course in Comox. This is in part thanks to lots of wood chips which have been layed down over the last few months. 

 We enjoy this course it since it has some elevation changes and now has some variety with an open shot across the playing field at Lake Trail school. Since we are new to the sport we thought that another advantage of this course was its relatively short layout and reasonably open understory which means finding an errant disc is pretty easy.  This course is right next to the old Trail Bicycles store next to Lake Trail school and there is parking for several cars at the start. Check it out if you haven’t already.