The views atop Santa Fe Ski basin are fantastic. There are some great holes--#1, #5, #8, #12, #13, #16, and #18. It offers a mix of long downhill floaty shots and large forehand pulls--and lots of opportunity for big arms to go over everything with thumbers.

The best run of holes is along the bottom part of the course.

--$10/person to ride the lift or a 35 minute hike to the first tee.
--Natural tee pads were rocky and often times not flat.
--Not beginner friendly (even from the short tees).
--Not family friendly (downhill hiking is strenuous).
--Lots of time spent looking for 1) baskets from the tee pad and, 2) discs that fly into the trees after being thrown at said blind baskets.
--#7, the par 5, offers back-to-back-to-back blind shots--in my estimation it should be two par 3s.
--#17 has a mandatory to force the player left of a lift pole--but I'm unsure why the mando was instituted--it does not seem to be for safety, which is the only rational used by professional designers to use that feature.
--My primary concern is safety. Standing on tee #6, our group was nearly hit by a disc coming from hole #5 (a beautiful downhill shot where discs fly forever). The #6 tee pad is in a very unsafe position--directly in line with #5 basket--be very, very careful.
--Holes #10 and #11 are short, parallel, and sketchy. If you overthrow the basket on #10, you end up in #11's fairway. If you pull your shot right on #11, you will end up in 10's fairway.

As a member of the Santa Fe disc golf community, I'm very happy to have such an epic course 45 minutes from my home.

Considering the course was just installed I hope the lack of signage, poor tee pads, and myriad of safety concerns will be addressed before next season.