My perspective is one of a disc golfer coming up from Denver for a day in the mountains with some great disc golf. This trip delivered! This course forced me to pull out every shot and every disc in my bag. If your game has any hole in it, its going to show. Plenty of tight technical shots, long bombers of every type, tunnel shots, placement shots, and even a water hazard. The elevation and sheer length will challenge you physically. There were a lot of memorable holes, including 5, 8, 17, 18, You will not be short of challenges, views, and memories on this course.

This course is frustrating for a few reasons. With a picture of the map, I was able to find one's tee area. Once there... where do I throw? The lack of signage is one thing, but the baskets were often times painted dark blue. Some baskets had the benefit of flags, but the majority did not. A lot of extra hiking to find the basket could have been avoided; something as simple as streamers could drastically help visibility. In mid to late June, there were some marshy areas that were tricky, but not impassable. Some holes had absolutely no discernible line through the trees, making them "throw and pray" affairs. Cell service was spotty here, which could be a plus too. Not beginner friendly, leave the casuals at the lodge, there's plenty for them to do too! Natural tees were ok when I played, but could be slogfests during spring melt off. No practice basket

Though this was a very tough course, I had a great time playing it, and since it was sparsely populated, I often times threw multiple tee shots just for fun. Even the drive up from Denver was scenic. I thought it presented a great value for the money. I ended up starting on hole 16, and I recommend it. You get the heavy climbing out of the way early while your legs are still fresh, working up to the technical shots 2-6, peaking on the cliff bomber 8, from there working mostly downhill from there to a fine finishing hole in 15, right by the water. Anyway, this is a excellent course that, with a few improvements, could be right up there with the best of them!

Good mix of shots, scenery, site of the grateful disc tournament.

Few places to sit, can be very muddy/wet in certain seasons.

Very fun course, very nice people that run the dude ranch. I had a very good time although I certainly was feeling the altitude. There were small streams running all through the course this was due to the fact that I was there when the snow melt was at it height. I definitely recommend this course over beaver meadows for shot variety ease of navigation and overall maintenance of the course.

-Like Beaver Meadows, this course is based in the foothills/mountains of the Northern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The land is absolutely gorgeous and there are plenty of views.
-Much better signage and navigation than BM. I would still recommend printing the map at home because they might be out when you get there. Most holes had signs with numbers and the baskets were numbered. The scorecard/map has more info. There are also a lot less blind tee shots than BM so that helps navigation as well as a better basket to next tee flow.
-There are a few ace runs here, nothing super easy but many holes within striking distance for most players.
-Great use of the abundant elevation. Hills just make courses more fun.
-A solid mix of hole distance and shot variety. There are some holes in the mid-100s and a few in the 500s and even 600 I think. There were some sweet bomber holes with cool views and some fairly tight lines through the conifers. The course didn't seem to favor a certain throwing style over another and was overall very fair. There was one water hole but I didn't feel like the carry was as precarious as a few of the throws at BM. You can also work your way around the edge of the water.
-Some cool and unique pin positions among rocks and on slopes. Can make for some fun and interesting putts.

-Natural tees. They were kind of muddy at this time of the year (late March) and look like they could be uneven and rutted when they dry out later in the season.
-Not a beginner course. There are some short holes but the few that are 400+ and feature elevation are pretty difficult. There is one water hazard to be wary of that could eat a disc.
-Pay to play. This is a course that isn't going to see a lot of traffic regardless of its fees due to its remote location. I think the pay to play just makes the ranch a few more bucks but isn't put back into the course often. A few more dollars spent on this course could definitely up the quality.
-This is a ranch so you have to be aware of other users and be ok with possibly landing in horse poo a time or two. Most of it is pretty dry and it isn't a big deal but it is there.
-Be careful with the weather up in the mountains.

-This is a course that I would return to. I think it would be even more fun if I had waited to play it in warmer weather when all of the snow was gone. I am moving a lot farther away from this course soon and had to play it at this time.
-There is a lot to do here including just relaxing at this awesome, peaceful and serene ranch. If you bring others here and they just want to relax or explore the property, that would give you time to get in a round.
-There is food on site as well as lodging if you want to make a vacation out of this destination. The disc golf is pretty good but I wouldn't make it the only reason to come out here.

Beautiful setting in the mountains. Very technical course and a wide variety of holes! Short throws, long throws, uphill, downhill, across water, holes for forearm and sideshot throwers. A great course to hike and enjoy the scenery and excercise. The people at the Ranch are very friendly and hospitable.

This is on a Ranch so I know this is part of the experience, however there was almost too much manure. Bring a dirty towel to clean ur discs off!

Beautiful course! I would definately play again. We drove 2 hrs to play this course, well worth the experience. I will be back!

This is a beautiful Colorado Mountain course. However, it is not your typical Colorado mountain course in the fact that there are many open fairways & pastures which you encounter. Having said that, this course still ranks up with the toughness of CO mountain courses. Expect to throw most (but perhaps not every) throws in your bag. There are some short and very tight holes weaving through the trees(2, 15, 17), and there are 600 foot bombers starting in a pasture and ending up in the woods(8,9). Hole 8 is a 550 foot bomber that finds a large body of water fairly unavoidable. The pins are all well marked and most have a 4 foot tall flag on top so they can be seen from almost all of the tees. There are still a few blind shots... I did not scout them out and I certainly paid the price for that. The signs at all of the holes do a decent job of showing you the style of throw you want... but these seem to never match up with my view of where the basket actually is. That being said, every hole has a sign. Hole 11 is one of my favorite holes of all time, and I have played many a mountain course. 11 is a downhill hyzer that hooks through an extremely tight corridor. It is an awesomely hard shot... but the perfect throw could easily yield an ace. I couldn't help but tee off 4 or 5 times on this hole. The course is certainly a good mixture of various aspects of your game. Short and long uphills, long bombs, all requiring a fair amount of precision and accuracy.
Here you get a scorecard and a map... the map will end up being necessary. The map is certainly a nice feature to have. While this is not an essential feature, the baskets are all painted a cool blue around the rim and have the Colorado flag on them. This adds to the character of the course... I certainly enjoyed it.

The course was not all that inspirational and a few holes looked like they took little thought to design. This is a pay to play course. Normally, I do not mind a pay to play environment because you can tell the money goes back into the course. Here this is not the case. The course looks like it does not get tons of maintenance. While amazing and beautiful, the course is not up to par with every other pay-to-play course I have been to in terms of overall shot layout, thought, and maintenance. This being a "ranch" for vacationers to stay at, it seems like my pay-to-play is going to something else. Another issue is that while you do have a map, it is possible to get a tad lost. For the most part the map keeps you in check, but make sure to always look at it before you wander to "the next hole". You also end up a decent amount away from hole 1 and your car, which is not a big deal to me, but some view this as a hassle.

This is a very unique Colorado Mountain course. If you're into the hiking style courses it is certainly worth checking out, and will test a good amount of your disc repertoire. Be prepared for a few blind shots, some awesome tight corridors, some cool Colorado baskets, and maybe a bit of getting lost. Hard course, and was certainly loads of fun. Benches at many of the holes as well.