-Rooster Rock East is the crazier of the two 9-hole layouts at Rooster Rock State Park. The West Nine may be Mild, but the East Nine is certainly Wild! It plays through a very thick woods.

-Every hole stands out on this course, some in a good way, some not. Several of the lines you must hit are head-scratchers, but you'll for sure remember every hole.

-A spectacular view of the Columbia River and beyond from the first tee box.

-Concrete tee pads, Mach 5 baskets, and a sign with a map near the first hole.

-Best Holes:
#1 is a long anhyzer or roller shot through the field and finishing in the woods. Every hole after this plays entirely in the woods.
#4 is unlike any other hole I've seen. It's 200 ft, but plays about 50 feet over and 150 feet directly down a very steep hill. It requires a type of shot rarely needed: a pitch with an understable putter that stays flat and falls vertically toward the pin.
#7 is a straightaway, 200 ft shot over a small valley, an excellent opportunity to run an ace.

-The undergrowth is thick, and gets thicker as the course wears on. The first three holes have reasonable fairways, holes 4-7 have heavier rough, and holes 8 and 9 have very heavy rough and steep hillsides to boot. It's not uncommon to spend 5 minutes searching for a disc that appeared to be headed in the proper direction.

-After the first hole, there is almost no opportunity to throw a driver.

Worst Holes:
#6 is a 340 ft par 4 with three sharp turns. In the short position, it is an ok hole. The long position, on the other hand, requires another 200 feet down a 5 foot chute with a 90 degree turn and thick brush on either side.
#8 and #9 both feature extremely steep drop offs on the left side. Even decent shots can easily kick, slide, and tumble downward.

-This course is for a very specific type of player, and as a result there is a wide array of opinions on it. Ratings range from 1.0 to 4.0.

-The West course takes about 45 minutes to play. This course takes about 45 minutes to play as well, if you don't count time spent searching for discs.

-The West nine, being more exposed, is best played in the summer. This course, however, is MUCH better to play in the winter months, when it has significantly less undergrowth.

-To locate the first tee, after passing the tollbooth, make a right and continue all of the way down to the end of the parking lots. On a warm day, dozens of people will be parked here to visit the clothing-optional beach.

-The first time playing the course, the thrill of hitting these tight-woods lines outweighs the annoyance of crashing through bramble to find your discs. A second time through, however, probably isn't worth it.

Hole number five is fun.
Tee pads are concrete.
Baskets are in good shape.
Navigation is simple.
Two courses on site.
Elevation comes in to play.

Even in winter/early spring there is so much under brush and so little fairway that hunting for discs is almost on a throw by throw basis. There are a couple of baskets placed on the side of cliffs and the basket as well as the cliffs can't be seen from the tee box so you have no idea of this when you throw your tee shot, in fact every hole on the course with the exception of hole four is a blind pin.

I'm usually not one who whines about too much luck but there are not many holes to this course that are skilled throws. You can make a perfect shot and hit the fairway (a two foot wide walking path) and watch the disc skip three feet into the bushes and either be looking for it for fifteen minutes or be behind a tree or whatever but you will be in a bush and praying for a three. I'm alright with bad throws getting punished but I'm NOT alright with good throws being punished for no reason.

I say avoid this place like the plague and just play Rooster Rock West a couple of times.

This is one of most uniquely, designed courses I've played. With that said, I agree with most of what all previous reviewers had to say about it. Start with the risk/reward factor. Playing by myself, I passed over #'s 3, 8 & 9 simply because I didn't want to chance the risk of losing a disc or spending a large amount of time searching over the endless banks. On the other hand, # 4 is a classic hole, 201' almost straight downhill. I really enjoyed the five holes I played. All were short technical throws. The teepads are great. I had no troubling navigating the course by myself.

The nettles were about five feet tall, they were ugly! # 3, is a 287' ridiculously tight fairway all the way to the hole with ugly rough on a steep drop off on the left side. # 2 is 254' luckout throw through the trees. I got a 2 but could have just as easily gotten a 4. gwillim sums these holes up pretty well with one word, unrealistic! # 8 is a 334' foot hole with a deep, dark rough on the left all the way down just waiting to gobble up your disc.

Rooster Rock East reminds me a lot of Dabney. A fairly good shot could hit a tree, carom left never to be seen again. I'm not a huge fan of disc eating courses and this is one of the most discyist eating courses I've seen. It should come with a warning label, "WARNING-PLAYING THIS COURSE CAN BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR DISCS." And to once again agree with the renowed reviewer, gwillim, this is not a course I would choose to compete in a tournament on.