Pros:
- Lots of trees, but with reasonable fairways between them
- Alternate pin placements really change the layout
- Brush is sparse; hard to lose discs
- Excellent tee signs
- Only 18-hole course in Central Oregon
Cons:
- No elevation changes
- Many holes look pretty similar
- Can be tricky to follow the proper hole order without a map
Other Thoughts:
The dry ponderosa pine forest around Sisters is the perfect place to put a disc golf course; the trees are far enough apart that a well-placed throw can avoid them, and the dry climate and sandy soil keeps the underbrush in check. The only problem is that, despite being so close to the mountains, it's almost completely flat.
But they've done a great job with the land they had to work with. There are no wide-open holes, and only a couple where you feel like it's going to take pure luck to get you near the basket. There's a decent mix of hole lengths, but no easy deuces.
Each hole has only one teepad but two possible basket placements, and the alternate placements are truly alternate. Many of them cause a 100-foot change in the distance to the pin, or require you to throw down a very different lane through the pines. The water hazard on #14 is a nice touch; you don't expect that on this side of the Cascades.
The flow is generally pretty good, and the big metal tee signs make it easy to spot the tees, although sometimes you're not sure exactly where you're supposed to go next. It's getting better, though, as the paths become worn and they put down more fallen logs as trail boundaries.
By the way, for those accustomed to playing near sea level, note that this course is at about 3,000 feet, and the thinner air will make your discs act a notch more overstable.