mechatiger

Been playing for 22 years. Was introduced to it in my junior year of high school. Played very casually for about seven years until I found out there were leagues and tournaments, got into those pretty heavily for a while. Peaked at a pdga rating of 1010. Then tournaments started filling up way too fast and soured me on them, haven’t thrown a rated round in over 8 years now. These days I prefer a more casual beer league type setting, unfortunately where I live now that’s not an option, and even though I was a founder of two leagues where I grew up I have a hard time drumming up support for a more casual but still competitive league. Everyone here has gotten too focused on score and not the “fun” aspect. Or they feel I’m stepping on the local sanctioned league’s toes and don’t want to rock the boat.

the comraderie is fantastic- used to travel a lot for work and would bring a few discs. Could always count on meeting new people at the course that were willing to show me around, always friendly as can be. Also took my wife out to a course a couple hours away and she was shocked at my lack of concern in regards to theft or crime, when I’m normally reminding her to follow basic rules like don’t leave your purse in the damn car in plain view.

It’s a damn shame that more municipalities don’t recognize how much return they can get for the relatively small investment when building a decent course. A neighboring town just spent $200k building a bmx park that nobody uses yet could have spent a tenth of that on a phenomenal disc golf course that would bring in people from across the state and many other disc golf “tourists”.

For Jeep trails look into the area around bunce school road just south of Estes. There will be a lot of side by side traffic but it’s one of the best options within a short drive from the east side of the park. A little further south and a bit easier driving check out Switzerland trail.

My local dispensary was out of my favorite strain and I had to settle for some WW.

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Hyde

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Who dis?

Whatever one you like. Seriously.
But a putter or all purpose disc will be good to start, or a midrange such as a buzzz or roc. You won't be able to throw them so far that you could lose it easily, but it will be accurate enough and get plenty of distance to have fun with.

There is no cap on the number of discs you can carry. Since you're throwing a disc not hitting a ball, it's sorta like if you were throwing your club at the hole. Many people carry a few discs to cover a variety of shots-basically left turning, straight, and right turning shots for short, medium, and long range distances, and in varying conditions. Wind has a greater impact than in ball golf.
14 discs is not very many really. My tournament bag has 22-24 discs depending on the length of the course. I'll throw a couple extra distance drivers in for longer courses.

As a recent transplant to Colorado, I'll second what Lsupimp said. Even after being at elevation for 6 months or so, I still get winded on some moderate-rated trails. "Moderate" is a relative term- some of the hikes around here are very strenuous and unless you're in excellent shape, you may struggle. Take plenty of water, you'll get thirsty.

I've yet to make it to Breck so I can't offer help there, but some of my favorite hikes in the Boulder area have been:

NCAR trails (especially the hike to Mallory cave) which are all relatively easy. Lots of connecting trails as well, so potential for longer hikes.

Miller rock via Ceran St. Vrain trailhead. The Ceran St. Vrain trail follows a meandering trout stream, which is a very easy hike, and then you have a steep climb up a jeep trail to Miller Rock, which has unimpeded views of the eastern plains and the Continental divide. The view from the top of the rock alone is worth the hike.

Hiking to Eldorado Falls. Accessed from the Ethel Harrold trailhead, it's only about a 500' elevation drop with a new trail that's very easy to walk along. There is also a decent loop and a few other trails that connect here so you can easily turn this into a longer hike. The drive up here from Baseline/Flagstaff road is excellent, and there are lots of trailheads along the way.

Chautauqua Park. As pimp said, there are some really good trails here but it tends to get very busy. The path to Royal Arch is awesome but may be too strenuous. If you're looking for solitude, this is definitely not the place. I usually avoid the trails here, driving a few hundred yards further to gregory canyon or heading to NCAR for my quick hikes.

Rattlesnake Gulch trail at Eldorado Canyon State Park. Eldorado Canyon has stunning views, a great stream running through it, and world-class rock climbing. The trail is an out-and-back, but has about 1200' elevation gain if you take the small loop up to the railroad tracks.
Along the way, you pass by the ruins of an old hotel, and can keep going to a scenic overlook that has great views of the divide and the plains. The trail itself isn't a spectacular hike, but the views are what makes this one.
Most of the trail has views of the climbing walls, so it's pretty neat to watch and listen to the calls of the climbers belaying up and down. Added bonus- stay till dusk and watch the climbers coming down the mountain by flashlight as you enjoy a cold local beer by the stream.

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Anyone making the expense excuse without a family to account for is just lazy or poor.

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Except as I detailed earlier, my wife (still no pics) and I are looking at $600+ just to learn how to ski. For one day of rentals and lessons. That's before we can even hit the slopes and figure out if we actually enjoy it. So call us poor, but we sure as hell have better things to spend our money on right now than shelling out a few grand to see if skiing is fun.

That being said, if I run across some cheap used gear soon I'll pick it up with a quickness. Because we really want to try sometime.

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Payton Manning cleared of PED charges

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Payton

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Who keeps downvoting the Subaru posts? What a putz.