My three pros:

- This is a true Colorado mountain course that plays in remote wood with nice mountain views on several holes. The scenic valley that you drive up to reach the course is in view for about half the holes. The scenery was also really nice on a few of the holes in the more wooded areas due to the many creeks small ponds. #8 was likely the signature hole with a decent downhill shot that then plays across a beautiful little pond, some of the long open valley shots were highlights as well.

- Decent mix of short and long, open and wooded holes. Elevation was also in play on many holes, with very few holes that seemed 'flat'.

- Very nice veteran baskets all throughout the course, making it easier to know which of the many visible baskets you are playing to. Also, It is evident a lot of hard work has gone into establishing the trails and teepads in this rugged area, it would appear the course fees are being used to maintain and upgrade this little chunk of woods.

My three cons:

- This place is wayyy out of the way. That can be a good thing with the gained seclusion but the play should be worth the drive. In my opinion this course was not yet 'destination' worthy and shouldn't warrant more than a 30-45 minute drive total and looking back did not feel it was worth the large detour it takes to get there. Course-wise I found it comparable to Bear mountain near Denver; destination-wise I didnt feel this course was in the same tier as beaver ranch, bailey, bucksnort or even Palisades.

-Course infrastructure is still lacking several key things such as concrete tees, course map(s) at the parking area, and informative signs at the tees. Sure, these are all minor things individually but the lack thereof really put a damper on my experience and really detracted from the destination vibe. -First the tees- it seems private courses with natural tees always have the shortest tees for the longest holes?!?! While many of the holes had very nicely built tees, it seemed the longer holes like #8,#12 etc either had shorter or very rocky tees. Perhaps its just my noodle arm, but I find that in order to throw straight shots at high elevation you need power in place of understabilty- and its hard to get enough power on a shortened rocky teepad. -The kiosk map- I rarely download the map beforehand and usually rely on taking a photo at the course kiosk. While there is a map you can photograph at the kiosk it is small, greyscale and fairly hard to read- a bit different from what you are seeing on Houck courses and such. Furthermore, the tee-signs at each hole only showed the hole #. Again, even most city parks are going to have descriptive tee-signs, let alone the statistical wizardry you see on Houck course tee-signs. With how many baskets are blind from the tee, helpful signs can be really...helpful. Eventually I got tired of walking the longer blind holes and just threw in the general direction of the fairway. I would think for this to be on par with 4.5-5 star courses there should a fair bit of work put into the signage and playability of the course for traveling players.

- The extra baskets everywhere were a little bothersome. Standing on the first tee you can see 6+ baskets, make sure you know which one youre going to before you climb all the way up to the tee... Again, it wasnt a big deal when the extra baskets would pop up on various holes but they made it yet more confusing for the traveling player and somewhat detract from the views. This is after the course was manicured to tournament condition which I felt looked a little out of place.

Disclaimer: I played this course after hiking the Maroon Bells 4-pass loop so my natural-beauty receptors were pretty worn down and I was slightly tired and cranky. Despite knowing I would be tired I read the reviews, and decided it looked worthwhile enough to swing by and play "one of the premier courses in Colorado" and left disappointed. I think the case here is many people meet the owner and see the true life-force behind the course and boost the course reviews bc of the awesome and kind owner (ie bear mountain). I did not meet the owner had a 1-on-1 couple of hours with the course and came away with a 'meh' feel.
Hole #8 sums it up pretty well:
Hike up a steep path from #7basket to #8tee looking down a decent hill. No basket in sight- do you hike back down the hill to find the basket? I checked the map saw it was right to left shot and just threw to the bottom of the hill. Totally failed and hit tree after 100', partly due to the degraded tee. Throw to bottom of hill, still no basket in sight. Get to the bottom to realize the basket is placed beautifully behind a fairytale-like pond creating an epic signature hole- good to know 2 throws in... My point being that the hole design and scenery is there, there course flow and design execution arent great for drive-by players.

All-in-all this would be an amazing course to have in town to play often but does not fill the checkboxes for a destination course. Then again, if you are coming from out of state and this is your only chance to play a mountain course, dont pass it up- just check out the 285 corridor 1st if possible.
Also, I must give many thanks to the hard working course owner - it is evident this is a labor of love and every disc golf course makes the world a better place!