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Mt. Cranmore in North Conway NH has opened a 9 hole course. It is not lift assisted but for a ski hill it is pretty easy walking. 8 of the 9 holes are mid to upper 200 foot with hole 5 being a down hill 400 footer with a large bank of plate glass to target. All in all a fun course. $8 for 18 holes. Open only on the weekends after Labor Day. Nice views of Cathedral Ledge and Mt. Washington.

Another new course - cool!

But are Rec and Am2 players worthy enough to play it?

Chris is really taking a beating for his what I assumed to be tongue-in-cheek remark. To the best of my knowledge, these are the divisions that he has been playing. Nice to see some more courses popping up in the Granite state. Hopefully there will be one in the Manchester area soon!

It's about time they built a course up in "touristville"... Now all you leaf peepers that come up to my wonderful "backyard" can have some fun playing some disc golf too...

I wonder if this course is the same one that was there in 1981? The overall NH State Championships were held at Mt Cranmore in 1981. Besides disc golf, there was freestyle. I can't remember if there were other disc events.

Matt Stroika wrote:Chris is really taking a beating for his what I assumed to be tongue-in-cheek remark. To the best of my knowledge, these are the divisions that he has been playing.

My post above was also tongue-in-cheek, hence the winking smiley.

Winking smile. Got it.

Rick Williams wrote:I wonder if this course is the same one that was there in 1981? The overall NH State Championships were held at Mt Cranmore in 1981. Besides disc golf, there was freestyle. I can't remember if there were other disc events.

I suppose it could be the same LAYOUT, but shortly after the tournament, the baskets were sold to Dan Bent who created his (in)famous Bent's Pond course. Those same baskets had originally been installed at the Tenny Mt. ski resort in Plymouth, NH by Ed Headrick around 1977 before being sold to Mt. Cranmore. Dan also trucked his chains for many New England TDs to set up temporary courses. The only other permanent PoleHole course in all of New England in the early 1980s was Beaver Brook in remote Maine. (Rindge is private.)

Rick, you may recall that we played the front nine twice to make the event 18 holes, but I played the then closed back nine during the lunch break and liked it even better...much more elevation. Yours truly won the NH Championship by two strokes and I also met the Lickster for the very first time.

Wow, cathedral ledge. spent many a night off there while working summers up in that area. psyched to hear about another course in the area, I may be making a trip up that way soon so I hope I can check it out!

Phil,

Thanks for adding to the history of Cranmore and the pole holes. I didn't remember playing nine holes twice. I remember freestyling to "Knights in White Satin" by the Moody Blues, but I don't remember who my freestyle partner was!

Oh boy. The web I weave. Scott even you can play this course. Matt, I stopped reading that thread for a reason. Hope no one takes me too seriously. Yes, I am Rec for now. Next year Adv. Masters. Here are some picts I took the other day at Cranmore.
Hole 1
Hole 3
Hole 5

Bonz wrote:Oh boy. The web I weave. Scott even you can play this course.

Ok, then I'll definitely check it out. Looks nice!

Rick Williams wrote:Phil,

I remember freestyling to "Knights in White Satin" by the Moody Blues, but I don't remember who my freestyle partner was!

It most DEFINITELY wasn't I, Rick!

Any updates on the Course?
Im going to be up at cranmore in a few weeks
Dave

Josh & I played the course in late June. It's $10 for 18 (true 18, not 9 twice).

It is a pretty good layout for a basic ski slope course, no extreme challenges or ridiculously silly holes (except maybe the 130' first hole). It's obviously geared toward families on vacation and is not championship caliber at this point.

The main issue we had were the tee signs. They are big and beautifully made but they put them right on the front corners of the tee box, making them extremely dangerous and distracting.

It's well worth playing if you are in the area but not worth a special trip yet.

--Mike

Here's a sample of the tee signs. Definitely an issue with throwing and/or following through, since the tees themselves are only about 3 feet wide.


The course isn't especially challenging for the experienced player (I shot 51 despite a lot of issues getting off the tees well due to the signs). Some fairways consisted of knee high grass/weeds and some others were bordered by same, so between that and the tee sign issue, the challenge, as it were, was playing conservatively and not losing a disc. No idea if we just had bad timing mowing-wise or if they don't do a whole lot of mowing on the ski slopes. Spotting was extremely key.

Beautiful views though. It was a bit hazy and overcast when we were there, but the views were still worth playing up to those higher holes.

Basket 9 (from tee 10). Tee 9 is in the woods on the left hand side.


Hole 11, I believe. Tee is off-camera to the right. The basket can be seen to the left of the second pole down.

Ain't this course still around? Don't see it anymore on dgcr.

Was planning on camping up north Conway area...

I see nary a mention of disc golf on either their website or their FB page.

http://www.cranmore.com/summer

My guess is the course was pulled, probably for lack of use. A call or email to them would confirm.