"Affordable" Colorado River Trail
Start West of Vail
The Vail area's few public golf courses are always very busy with visitors and residents. Semi-private courses often require expensive lodging in Vail Resorts managed properties. Start our affordable Colorado River Golf Trail in Eagle.
EAGLE
Eagle Ranch
Colorado's last Arnold Palmer designed course is in Eagle near the airport west of Vail. The nearby rushing Eagle River joins the Colorado River just a few miles downstream.
GYPSUM
Gypsum Creek
Originally this was a Pete Dye-designed private course far west of Vail. It is now city-owned and more reasonably priced with the same views.
GLENWOOD SPRINGS
Glenwood Springs Nine
On a ridge high above town and the Colorado River is the relaxing, tree-lined, semi-private course. One fairway requires a drive over a neighborhood street to a wide landing area with grazing wild turkeys.
NEW CASTLE
Lakota Links
Award winning architect Jim Engh designed the rugged fairways that weave through canyons and ravines at the semi-private Lakota Links west of Glenwood Springs. The course has views of the vertical cliffs cut by the Colorado River.
RIFLE
Rifle Creek
This "split personality" course with an easy front nine turns into a totally challenging back nine that climbs through canyons, ravines and sheer rock walls.
BATTLEMENT MESA
Battlement Mesa
Originally designed as housing area to support a large oil shale exploration, the community later grew into a nationally known all-season retirement center. Fairways run high above the Colorado River that flows 100 feet below.
GRAND JUNCTION
Redlands Mesa
The Western Colorado course visitors come to play! Ranked as high as #4 of all courses in Colorado. The Jim Engh design was Golf Digest's Best New Public Course in America when it opened.
GRAND JUNCTION
Tiara Rado
The city-owned course far outside of town stretches below the spectacular cliffs of the Colorado National Monument.
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