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Double Down for the Byway
Disc Golf Tournament
Saturday - September 12, 2026 @ 9:00 am from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
10:00 am PLAYER'S MEETING 10:30 am SHOT GUN START Come join us on Saturday, September 12, 2026 at Alta Vista Golf Ranch in Victor, Colorado for our 4th Annual Double Down for the Byway disc golf tournament! This doubles tournament will have a shotgun start and take place on an 18-hole course at 9,400 feet altitude. Participants can look forward to a closest-to-the-hole prize on hole 16 and the opportunity to win amazing door prizes. Lunch featuring local BBQ will be available on site. Additionally, each participant will receive a Gold Belt Swag bag with commemorative towel and disc...
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The $300 Million Cow Pasture
Before gold was discovered, the Cripple Creek area was dismissed as nothing more than cattle grazing land. Locals called it "the $300 million cow pasture" after the enormous wealth eventually extracted from beneath the rolling hills that ranchers once considered worthless for anything but grazing.
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