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 (one of 2 courses on-site) 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. Nicklaus is one of the game's premier course designers, noted for the incredibly high quality and inventiveness of his layouts. Bear Mountain Golf and Country Club is a wonderful example of Nicklaus design, costing approximately one million dollars a hole, funded by a coalition of former and current National Hockey League stars. After opening in the summer of 2003, the Mountain course was rated the #1 new course in Western Canada and 2 years later, #1 golf course in all of Canada. Located twenty minutes north of downtown Victoria, the stunning, 1,500-acre property is a natural wonder of rocks, rivers, valleys, forests, and mountain peaks.
Keep an eye out for the tiny treat that Nicklaus devised while making a site inspection. He discovered a tiny spur of land that jutted out above the fourteenth green, figured it was the perfect spot for a betting hole, and shoe-horned in a wonderful 141-yard, par three Bear Mountain’s nineteenth hole. The green seems to float in between some of the Island’s most spectacular scenery, ringed by the Pacific Ocean, the Olympic Mountains, Mount Baker, and the city of Victoria.
