As I was riding the Sugarbush Super Bravo Chair to the top of the mountain, I was thinking, Man, this is a long way up here! The views of the Vermont Green Mountains are lovely from the top. If you hike up another 1/4 mile from # 2 basket, you get an even better view. Another amazing view if from # 9. The view there is looking down at the resort.

(This part of my review has been shamelessly copied without his permission because it's exactly what happened to me.)
After finishing three I ran into the next problem that would plague me for the rest of the day. Where the hell do I go from here? There is never ever any signs near the basket that point you to the next tee. So I went up the same trail that had led me through the first three holes. I went about four hundred yards up a super steep climb only to find that that was not the way. Now after climbing uphill about two hundred feet in elevation I had to turn around and go back down. I finally found the tee for four half way back down the fairway for three.

Sugarbush features Discatcher baskets with the yellow bands. They're easy to spot from these great distances. As with every ski course I've ever played, the pads are an afterthought. These are no exception. They're too small, rough and just haven't been maintained. The course does have wooden signs with the par, distance and a very simple map. On this course, that map usually just points downhill.

One thing that sets this ski course apart from others I've played is, Sugarbush is more technical. The fairways are tighter those on other ski courses. And here lies one big problem with this course. The brush is so thick off the fairways that if your disc lands even a couple of feet off the fairway, it's so difficult to find. Combine that with extreme elevation and it's a recipe for lost discs.

Of all the big downhills on this course, my favorite hole might be # 3. It's just a little 253' throw to a basket set down in a gully. The basket is only partly visible from the tee and there is some danger lurking behind it. I liked it a lot.

I thought this course suffered from a real lack of creativity in it's design. Straight downhill throws soon become pretty boring to me. Also walking downhill is hard on the body. I agree with reviewers who say you might want to play this course once for the experience, but probably won't care to return.

And then I came to the final hole, # 18. On at least three other ski courses I've played, # 18 has been a cool hole finishing with a big open throw to a open basket down near the lodge. So what do I get here I at Sugarbush? Another straight tight boring downhill. That plays to the lodge? No, this hole plays to the back of some maintenance building. It's ugly! But I play it anyway. And when I get to the # 18 basket, it's lying on it's side. That's what I got for my $15.

When I pay $15 to play a course and I get tee pads that haven't been maintained, baskets lying on their side, missing tee signs and an absolutely lack of creativity in the design of the course, then I don't feel like I've gotten my money's worth.

I enjoyed the base course much more. Two of it's first three holes impressed me more than any on the Peak course.