Not to be confused with Lake Almanor CC, Lake Almanor West is (as the name implies) located on the opposite shore of the lake. It's a little drive from Bailey Creek/LACC, so we headed over there. At f... Continue »

Not to be confused with Lake Almanor CC, Lake Almanor West is (as the name implies) located on the opposite shore of the lake. It's a little drive from Bailey Creek/LACC, so we headed over there. At first, it seemed we might not get out as they were about to start a small couples shotgun at 4:00. However, we still got out ahead of those groups. We had to skip hole 1 and come back later, but we were happy to get out and get around behind some other players already out on the course. It was surprisingly busy here, but we still finished at a reasonable pace. Price was a painful $45 to ride 9 holes!

Lake Almanor West was in similarly nice shape as its cousin short course across the lake. I'd say it was a tick less "green" and lush than Lake Almanor CC, but perhaps playing a little better as it wasn't quite as soft. There was actually some roll-out on these fairways. Overall, the course was in good shape all around. Bunkers were fine and the greens were good, as well—probably a little nicer here than LACC.

Anyway, this is another fun and enjoyable 9-hole layout that plays to a regulation par and has separate front/back nine tees. A couple holes here actually switch up between par-4s and par-5s from back to front and some tees are quite different like on the 1st hole by the clubhouse. This course has a pretty narrow feel with walls of trees on both sides of the fairways. Very pretty setting and just challenging enough. Again, a bit expensive for a 9-holer and also considered semi-private with limited public tee times, but not a bad stop if you happen to be on this side of the lake.