-Nice use of trees for interesting holes
-Pretty setting

-Bugs and elevation changes can be hard to navigate for some players
-No signage
-Deep rough

Overall I would not come out to this course, specifically. It was nice to play both East and West, I enjoyed the tree coverage on the East side more

This course makes a perfect counterpoint to the wide open West course. It is built along trails and requires pinpoint accuracy.

New signage makes the course easy to follow and also pushes the par to 4 on a few of the difficult holes.

All types of throws required to complete the course, tomahawks, thumbers, and sidearms included. The series of four birdie holes, 4,5,6,7, makes for some great moods before and after the challenge of 3 and 8.

Hole four is an awesome 200fter at about 100ft downhill, and is always exciting.

This course is mostly in the forest and can provide some relief from the Oregon rain. It is also very playable even in the high gorge winds.

There is poisonous bushes all over, so wear pants. Some of the holes are blind (5, 9) while others are along a steep left side ravine (8, 9), so a spotter can help prevent lost discs. Did I say Lost discs? Yep, all the time in the deep unseen rough.

I play here about once a week. The high risk reward on the narrow forested holes allows for constantly varying scorecards and makes for great games of skins where everyone wins.

Hole one has a short position in a dark spots forward in the woods, and a loooong position downhill across the field then 100 ft with a dogleg right into the woods. Hole 6 has a long position that is first around a bend, then down a rough narrow corridor to a hidden basket. Hole 8 has a hard to reach short position along the trail, and a looooong position another 200ft deeper into the forest.

- Good flow
- Challenging holes
- Nice setting & interesting terrain
- Fun short holes in the middle
- Less wind than other Gorge courses
- Makes a nice 18 when combined with Rooster Rock West

- A couple of potentially frustrating long holes, especially for beginners
- Stinging nettles, and lots of them
- Disc-eating ravines

I think Rooster East gets a bad rap. It's true that #3 and #8 can seem downright sadistic; #3 requires you to hit a 6-foot gap, #8 is bordered by a bramble-filled ravine, and it's very rare to get a 3 on either of them. But #4 through #7 are all birdieable short holes that can be a lot of fun -- especially #4, which is the steepest downhill hole I've seen anywhere.

The key to enjoying this course is to pick the right time of year. There's never any poison oak, but from late March through early summer, it's chock full of stinging nettles. (Long pants help some, but they've gotten me even through my thin convertible pants.) There's a bit of a break in July and August, then they fire up again in September and October. Only November through mid-March are truly safe. Also, the ravine below #8 is full of blackberries -- they're deadly all year, but in the summer and fall it's pretty hard to find anything that gets deflected down there. And that's not to mention all the generic non-toxic underbrush on every hole that won't hurt you but will hide your disc. Spotters are recommended.

The good news is that the wind isn't nearly as much of a factor as at the west course, because the forest here is so dense.

Challenging course with a good variety of shots needed.
A straight down hole (#4) that is very unique.
Well maintained tees and holes.
Not too hard to navigate with the maps found at the course.
Along with Rosster Rock West (only 30 seconds away) they make a good 18 hole course.
Good practice for your technical game.

Decent chance of a lost disc during a round.
Excessive brush and nettles at times.
No real opportunity to air out drives.
There's a decent amount of luck involved in the forest.

There tends to be a lot of debate about this course, I like it better than Rooster Rock West, which I find a bit bland, if you can simply except that you're not going to shoot well, that 4 can be a very good score on a hole that's under 300 feet and that luck comes into play, then you can enjoy this course. I think that if there wasn't a 9 hole course on the other end of the park it wouldn't be as good a trip but with the two contrasting 9's that I think really compliment each other it makes it a good day trip and a solid 18 holes of golf.