1a) Can be either a great or epic workout (epic if you don't ride the lift for whatever reason)

2a) You will throw some of the biggest bombs you've ever thrown, and it starts early on with hole 3, diagonally down the first headwall of Stowe Slope.

3a) Pretty pine trees!

4a) Open long spaces for monster throws!

5a) Shorter and really tight technical holes!

6a) A great hike

7a) A difficult water hazard!

8a) Picturesque mountain vista views from the top of the ski hill (the Polar Bear Express takes you to the complete top of Seven Spings Ski Resort)

9a) You will find many discs here!

1b) Can be an epic workout if you go on a day or time the lift isn't running or if you forgot money or if you just refuse to pay to ride it.

2b) If you don't park the drive on 3 and you don't have a spotter, you might spend an hour+ looking through the knee high weeds that cover the slope and impede your hike down the "fairway", which is also steep for hiking and full of holes and loose rocks.

3b) The pretty pine trees have a nasty propensity for grabbing and holding your discs like Charlie Brown's kite tree

4b) But the only thing that is different between the texture of the "fairway" and the rough is that in the "fairway" you're just in knee to waist high weed/grasses with the occasional 4" diameter hole whereas in the rough, add legbreaking fallen trees, stumps, and thorn bushes.

5b) Imagine you just had a huge Thanksgiving feast. That's the 700 foot (white tee) hole 4 that traverses Tyrol and Avalanche. Then right after dinner you have a nightcap (that's hole 5, a short par 3 in the woods, kind of tight line to the basket, but it's fairly easy). But then you're forced into a game of Dance Dance Revolution (hole 6) down lower Corkscrew where you will probably die and never be found again until the ski patrol finds you in the winter.

6b) Wait, I already said this was a good workout... but "a great hike" is the best way I can describe holes 7-9 and 18. They are open holes along the bottom of Avalanche, Tyrol, and Stowe. They are simply baskets there to give you reason to walk back towards the lodge and then back up the hill...

7b) It feels gratuitous on 11, such a nassssssty nasssssty hole. You have to clear the gross snowmaking pond... only 200ish feet, but miss anywhere in the water... gross. Miss long or wide and you're also in thick weeds depending on the season. Very little margin for error on this hole. But that could be a pro.

8b) If you miss the lift for whatever reason, you might not have a chance to enjoy the view because you'll be lying in the knee high grass gasping your last.

9b) The discs you find are often rental discs. You go in and resign yourself to losing a disc that you spent an hour searching for, and all you get for your hard searching efforts is a rental roc3 or aviar p&a. To be fair though, I have found several unmarked non-rental discs too on this course. It's so easy to lose discs here!

This is best read if you read the Pros (1a, 2a, etc) and then the corresponding Con (1b, 2b, etc)

For what it is (a seasonal course), it's not bad, but it isn't great, and I wouldn't take a trip out to Seven Springs just for the disc golf. I'm up there a lot so I will play it, and I've played it at varying degrees of maintenance. It's fun to watch monster bombs, but that one throw followed by an hour searching gets old really fast, and if you had difficulty finding your disc on 3 (Stowe), just wait til you get to 15 and throw all the way down Goosebumps. I'd recommend taking a spotter with a walkie talkie for it. No lie.

Seven Springs is a unique, vigorous experience that is just as much of a hike as it is a round of golf. The player gets a genuine taste of ski-slope golf here as you literally play down and around the mountains. Plenty of parking space is available behind the main lodge, just go around the main parking lot and past the tubing area. You make your payment for the ski lift at the Adventure Lodge, with the ski lift right out back. However, on the Friday I went, the lift was turned off so they had someone drive me up. I didn't have to pay, so this was a pro.

Course maps are very helpful, and I am happy I picked one up at the Adventure Lodge. There are three sets of tees, which distinctly change the look of a hole. Blues are usually very long holes, while the reds aren't too challenging.

Not to be cliche, but the highlight of the round for me were the incredible views. Holes 1, 3, 14, and 15 offer amazing scenery, some of the best views I have seen. Going off of this, another highlight of playing here is the ever-present opportunity to throw far. This is a bomber's course, with the course's constant elevation changes and wide open nature. From the blue tees, there are and five holes over 800 feet.

While most of the holes are wide open, you get to play through some tight woods (holes 6 and 7) and throw over two ponds (2 and 11). However, you come here to play the downhill bombs. The downhill shots are the most intense that I have seen, and you get plenty of chances to throw down the mountain.

Being a temporary course on a mountain, it only has so much potential. I appreciate when the course did play through trees, but most of the holes here are just simple, wide open shots. I imagine maintaining the course is insanely hard, which shows in some tall grassy fairways.

Navigation can be tricky and I urge you to bring a map. Sometimes, multiple baskets are in view. It was frustrating when I made the trek halfway down the mountain only to realize that I played at the wrong basket.

This course is NOT for the faint of heart and is exhausting to play. There are some very longs walks between holes (esp. 1-2) and a lot of walking in general. The terrain is often rough and uneven, so watching where you step is a must. There are no paths, just hiking around the mountain.

The tees are natural and are not comfortable to throw from, many are on uneven ground.

The tee signs don't have a general position in concordance with the tees, so sometimes it is confusing to figure out what direction your throw from.

The two 9 hole loops break up the course flow, and you either have to use a lift or get a ride to the top of the mountain. The ride up that they gave me took about 15 min, so don't come here unless you have plenty of time to play.

Costs $8 for a lift, though I don't see that being much of a con. The real con lies in the fact that the lift only runs -according to their website- on Saturdays and Sundays from 10-5. I'd call ahead of time to check availability.

While the design is simple, I wouldn't take a new player or someone who is out of shape to play here. They most likely will have a miserable time. I appreciate the effort made for a course here, but the temporary factors have lead it to be a lower priority of the resort. The designer is one of the best in the area, though, so you know that it is about as good as it can be with the land given. Just not much you can do with a pretty wide open mountainside that isn't fully maintained.

The baskets are rusted.

I definitely recommend a stop here if you like to have a strenuous hike/workout while playing your round and if you enjoy play ski-slope courses. I'd say it is worth paying the money to use the lift to play here once, or just come here during the week and they will drive you up to the mountain. The more people that play here, the more effort they are likely to put into maintaining the course.