A ton of elevation changes; some interesting holes; hole map at each hole with distance (not too great, though); gravel tee pads; nice views

Cons that go against the score: very little evidence of maintenance; unavoidable tall grass, ferns, and other disc gobbling plants; often can't see the ground you're walking on - can be dangerous and hide insects, branches, rocks, and other obstacles from view; wooded holes are little more than a tee and a basket - good luck traversing between the two!; even good throws may end up in a pit of ferns that will have you searching for quite a while; a ton of blind shots into grassy areas - you absolutely will need a spotter to run ahead to locate any throws that aren't perfect, and even some that are; often very difficult to find the next tee; a couple situations that may have you shooting for the wrong basket; only a couple holes have any risk/reward scenarios - in general they are either very long, very steep, or randomly wooded (there really is no course 'design' here) - this means you're likely to attempt the same shots every single time you play

Cons that do not impact score: Mosquitoes, ticks, chiggers; very tough to find the course at all (I'll add pictures shortly to aid with this); pay to play

I had been looking forward to playing this course ever since I first read the description on dgcoursereview.com. A course that runs through a ski mountain, how cool is that? I knew that some holes were in the open, some were wooded, and there was elevation all over the place - there isn't much more to ask for.

When we first arrived here, we had no idea where the course was. Long story short, it took us an extra 15 minutes or so to locate it after finding the park. I will add (or have added, depending on when you read this) some pictures to help you locate the course and first tee.

After paying $3/each for one round, we were off. We planned to play 2 rounds, but the sun set in about 2.75 hours so we weren't sure. We figured we could get 2 in and pay extra when we came back.

After some work, we found the first tee. It went directly into a small hill about 7 feet high. Turns out, the first hole wasn't just a gimmie, it was completely blind off the tee. This didn't bother us at all, except there was 3 foot high grass all over the place. The spotting began. We didn't need spotting because we throw a ton of horrible shots - you will need a spotter even if you play close to perfectly. This wasn't a huge deal, but became annoying.

The next 8 holes were all in the open. Some were very long and steep, but in general there were no unique or thoughtful challenges. Any shot that didn't hit the fairway on a drive would lead to a long search. It was already getting old. In addition, we started to have trouble finding the next tee and shot at a wrong basket before the 10th hole. The result of searching for discs and all the confusion was that our first 9 holes took over an hour!!!

It got worse.

The next 9 holes were wooded. I love wooded holes - I knew they were coming and was excited to see some risk/reward. No. Each had a tee and a basket that were between 200 and 500 feet apart, but not much else. No real fairways, no specific shots needed. There were just random trees, tall grass, and oh-so-many ferns in-between. Hole 14 (I believe) comes to mind - it was about 200 feet, went downhill and then up, not many trees, and was completely covered in ferns from the tee to the basket. The odds of not going in the ferns unless you ended up within 10 feet of the basket were about 2%. We both had good shots and both went in the ferns. There went 15 minutes of my life I'll never get back. In addition to the wasted time, we got more scratches on our legs, strange bugs on our clothing, and had officially had enough of this course.

We both agreed we just wanted it to end, but also agreed if I was going to review it we should finish. I love disc golf. I've never just wanted to leave a course the first time I played it. I also haven't mentioned that I lost a disc - no points off for that, but I will say it wasn't on a terrible throw.

A score of 2.0 is average. I've given this score to courses I've played that were fun to play (after all, disc golf is fun) but didn't provide a lot of risk/reward or a wide variety of shots.

This course took more fun out of the sport than I knew was possible, didn't force risk/reward due to a lack of design, and will only require you to use 3 discs. I recommend using 3 discs that you don't mind losing.

Don't let the elevation changes fool you into thinking this must be good as I did. With that said, the elevation did keep this from being a 0.5/5.

This course is, unfortunately, poor - 1.0