Bear Mountain Golf Resort - Mountain Course
Bear Mountain Golf Resort - Mountain Course
Bear Mountain Golf Resort - Mountain Course
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Discover some of the finest golf Victoria has to offer! Co-designed by Jack Nicklaus and his son Steve, the Mountain course at Bear Mountain is set in the foothills of Mount Finlayson and strikes the perfect balance between playability and a truly challenging year round golf experience for golfers of all skill levels."I think some of the holes out there are just unbelievably fantastic... there are 18 signature holes" - Jack NicklausWith panoramic mountain, city and ocean views set within rolling fairways and lush forest, rest assured - you will be back for more.Book your round by calling our Golf Shop today.
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TOMBASIL
Vancouver, B.C.28 contributions
Sep 2017 • Friends
Don't get me wrong, the Bear Mountain Resort has 2 pretty good courses, the Mountain being somewhat more interesting and in better condition than the Valley. But the value is just not there. $249 (or $199 for hotel guests) to play the Mountain Course is not appropriate. I would say they are about $100.00 high. Just my opinion, but you can play some amazing courses in Scottsdale in peak-season for less than this as well as pretty much any public course in the Vancouver area for much less (try Northview). We played Highland Pacific, just 15 minutes away from Bear Mtn. on this trip as well and it offers some of the same great mountain golf and at a much more reasonable price point. My only other real gripe is with the GPS system on the cart. If you get a little too close to the greens or if you veer a little too far off the fairway (there are no signs) the motor on the cart shuts down and you have to back up at about 1 mile per hour to get back on the course. This happens pretty much every round at one time or another and it is REALLY annoying. A little warning from the GPS system or some signage on the course would be very helpful (and easy to do). I won't be back unless the green fees fall in line with the very worthy alternative courses nearby.
Written October 2, 2017
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Meribeth F
Vancouver,Bc,Canada39 contributions
Jul 2020
Played both courses over the weekend
Enjoyed both courses
but overpriced and staff unhelpful Had to ask for everything including score card and range balls
Enjoyed both courses
but overpriced and staff unhelpful Had to ask for everything including score card and range balls
Written July 13, 2020
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RebeccaJanczewski
Cardiff, UK92 contributions
Jul 2019 • Couples
We played a round of golf at bear mountain and loved it! Excellent course condition and lots of extras included in the green fee. Friendly staff and relaxed, we felt very welcome. We also spoke to a number of golfers who live on bear mountain, they were really friendly too. Wish this was our local course! We had a meal afterwards at the masters bar and really enjoyed! Would highly recommend
Written July 14, 2019
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Alisha P
Edmonton, Canada69 contributions
Aug 2024 • Couples
Play destination courses once a year and was super excited to play this course. When we arrived there was n signage to get to the pro shop, walked around property twice, no help. When we got to the pro shop we checked in and the front desk wasn’t very personable. Everyone seems pretty uppity. Went into the pro shop to shop, no selection in sizes or variety of things. Driving range had ropes and debris in front of the mats and balls looked like they were used for the last 10 years. Front 9 bathroom was unfinished. There was no bathroom on the back, my boyfriend went in the woods and I had to wait until the second last hole and drive back to the snack shack and stall our group. No signage for how to navigate course. You end up being frustrated and not as relaxed as you’d hope playing a course that you paid 500$ to play at. I wouldn’t come back. If I had to give the fairway and greens a rating it would be 5, everything else is not at the level you’d hope.
Written August 12, 2024
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C-Bear85
Calgary, Canada3 contributions
Sep 2012 • Friends
We had countless bad customer service, so much so it put us so badly behind we could not finish 18 holes as it had become dark. Started with - waiting 20 min for rental clubs, waiting 10 min for range balls, pace of play 20 min behind, waited 1 hour for replacement cart (1st one died). The only quick thing that happened at this course was taking our money. Amenities not open - 9 hole concession hut closed and pro shop closed when arrived back at club house. Course is very well designed and has many brilliant features but course is in bad shape. The beautiful putting green surrounded by crystal blue water on the website is now a swamp. I understand that things happen beyond the people working at the clubs control but if only responded to them well our experience would be different. Also smiling is free.
Written September 16, 2012
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Sandy M
Montgomery, TX18 contributions
Jul 2014
Even though I'm not a golfer, the photo of Bear Mtn Lodge looked serene & inviting. Well, the hotel is in the middle of a subdivision, inside it's old, dark & musty smelling. You can opt to swim or work out but know it's not too close to the main office where I checked in. I just left The Westin at Bayshore in Vancouver & the difference between the 2 hotels are as different as night & day. I should have stayed in Vancouver!
Written July 11, 2014
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Hiker100
Kauai, HI162 contributions
Aug 2017 • Friends
I'm an avid golfer and love classic treelined sloped scenic mountain golf courses. This one certainly doesn't disappoint but very difficult with classic Nicklaus designed moguls, slopes and tricky greens. Breathtaking views and eye candy but you better on your A game for this course as there are lots of forced carries with difficult sloped lies. I personally prefer the Valley course for equally stunning views but they are both fabulous and it's a personal choice. I would play both but Mountain will be harder. Be ready for a close to 5 hour round on a busy day as there will inevitably be hackers and casual golfers who are getting killed out there and yet continue to search for that one golf ball which must be a family heirloom. Marshals are friendly and try to keep everyone on pace but the nature of a course that hosts pro events can't be conquered by the average golfer in expected fashion. Still a must play none the less for that bucket list. Prices are steep as expected for a resort course.
Written August 10, 2017
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NancyMarie10
Windsor55 contributions
Jul 2017 • Couples
This course is extremely challenging (Pro tournie's play here) but even though I only got 2 pars, the landscape views made up for the disappointing score. The 14th hole gives you a vista view of downtown Victoria. It was pricey ($149 after 3 PM) but we had plenty of day light. There is alot of construction going on mid way through the front nine, with a very shortened hole (6th), so if you get distracted with noise, bear down. Many of the fairways were roped off and you had to fun across the course, hit your ball and run back to your cart. With the slopes and hills, this was exhausting. I think the club is trying to preserve it's grass for the Sept. tournament, but perhaps a bit of a discount should be given for us poor amateur saps who had to hoof it twice as far. Overall, the staff were nice, the course is stunning and it's so worthwhile to try it.
Written July 23, 2017
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Sherpa29487337009
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Aug 2022 • Friends
My first impression of this course was upon arrival. It was then that I found out that my $250 green fee did not cover parking at the course. That would be extra. It went downhill from there. My advice? Don't.
Written June 11, 2023
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Gary Pring
1 contribution
Jun 2021
Golfed at Bear mountain June 26 and 29th. And at this time there was a severe heat waves in the area with temperatures 40°C and above. The courses are very difficult, and way over priced. I am an eight handicap and organized the trip for my wife,her sister and brother-in-law and are all over 60 years old and I can honestly say, the worst customer service of any golf course I’ve golfed at in all of North America. When you arrive at the golf course they are doing some construction. So you have to carry your bags through the hotel down the stairs and out the back and put them on the golf cart yourself all while paying $269 each. And at the time there were two guys in their 20s and an older gentleman just standing there talking while we did all the work ourselves. Are you telling me these kids couldn’t have packed the bags down to our carts for us, unbelievable. On the Mountain golf course we were never told that most of the holes were cartpath only. I think maybe four holes out of 18 we were able to get carts on. But members who are playing in front and behind us had their own golf carts and their carts were all over the golf course because their carts didn’t have GPS which killed your cart and would not allow you on the fairways. So every hole somebody was waiting for us. After the round we pulled into the cart return only having to carry our bags through the hotel up the stairs and out the front door again while they were three 20 something-year-old’s on their phone standing there doing nothing. When I went into complain to the management about our experiences I was asked what was this in regard to and with a full clubhouse I said I’d rather not say it out loud I don’t think you’d appreciate it let me speak to the manager. At that point she went into where the manager was ,and came back saying he’s on a zoom call and cannot be disturbed. So that point I was given a phone number to call back on. A week later I called to complain. I was told by assistant manager Evan that he was extremely sorry about our experience and when I asked what he was going to do about it, he asked what do you want me to do I said well how about some renumeration or something. Then he got short with me and gave me his email address, saying if I emailed him he would do something but not until. I emailed him back on two different occasions with no response. Not only will I never be back I am telling everyone I know never to go to that facility.
Written August 4, 2021
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