This course is located on and around an old ski slope, and it offers a nice variety of layouts. It does a great job utilizing the elevation on some of it's holes. There are times when you're throwing uphill and there are times when you're throwing downhill. Some holes are mostly wooded, some are mostly open, and some that have blind tee shots. Each hole has multiple tee pads. The lengths of the holes kind of vary. A few of them are kind of short, a few of them are kind of long, then the rest are more or less in between (maybe closer to the long end than the short end for most of them). The holes in the woods are cleverly designed so that the trees set you up for some tricky drives and/or approach shots. Also, the woods aren't too thick, so if your disc goes off the fairway on the wooded holes, it normally isn't too difficult trying to throw it back onto the fairway or toward the hole (it won't be real easy either). Finally, the holes toward the top of the ski slope give you a really nice view of the area.

Just some small issues: It's not always obvious where you're supposed to go to get to the next hole. You sometimes have to do a lot of walking to get from one hole to the next (especially from the 15th to the 16th), and that can get tiring for a lot of people, especially since this is a long course that includes walking up a steep hill every now and then. Also, there are a couple holes where it can be easy to lose your disc if you don't have a good drive and don't pay close attention to where it's traveling.

Overall, this is a well designed course that can be really fun to play. It has a good variety of challenging holes, but you have to be ready to do a lot of walking. Most of the walking wouldn't be that big of a deal, though, if you didn't have to walk up some steep hills. Then again, this course is on the hills of a ski slope, so it's understandable that you'd have to do that much walking.

Mountain golf done in an excellent way. I've played a few, and they're usually full of extremely long holes geared to big arms. This course has some long holes, but nothing silly. There are some fantastic basket positions here. Very fun, and very challenging to play. If having a great course isn't enough, the views from the top of the hill (near 17's basket) are as beautiful as you'll find anywhere. I imagine the fall colors are indescribable).

The only hole I didn't like was #1. It's a very strange RH hyzer. A few of the walks on the letter holes were a bit much. Be prepared, a couple are so steep I literally thought I was going to collapse.

This was my 98th course played (although this site only shows me at 95). After playing it, I wish I would have gotten a couple more in to make this #100. Hanson Hills is a great two course complex. The two courses are very different, but very fun.

Good layout and variety of holes. Good amount of elevation. A few fairly tight fairways but lack of undergrowth makes it pretty forgiving.

Hole maps by tees could be better, we ended up playing 2's basket from 1's tee the first time. Shorter holes have pretty short tees

- Just amazing landscape up and down epic ski hills with views all around
- NO poison ivy, hardly a thorn, or even a chance to lose a disc- yet it's tight and technical in spots!
- Balanced design with many different throws
- You need some distance but it's not crucial to score well, the longer holes are tough to birdie and safer to play shorter on occasion
- well maintained
- cement tees, signs, scorecards, all amenities, brooms!

- A couple of holes, #10? maybe, were illogical could use a redesign or some trimming

Worth playing the lower course, too, now that it's 18, it's legit for sure.

I'll start by mentioning that I played this course during the Fall Flinger Fundraiser Event and caught an extra round afterwards. Some things that need mentioning follow;

-Elevation use is abundant, up and down the hills ~ great workout

-Concrete Teepads, Excellent Baskets, Good Signage, Alt. Am Teepads on a couple holes, Scorecard at hole 1

-Benches and Trash Cans can be found throughout the course... please feel free to take advantage and help keep this course looking beautiful

-From Downhill Bombs to Technical Tree Holes, this course offers a wide variety of shots

-Navigation arrows to next teepad are very helpful and BLUE, easy to spot

Not stroller friendly

A couple longggg walks to next holes, but not too terrible

Great Course - no doubt
Challenging - absolutely
Fun - you betcha

The people behind Hanson Hills DG and the Rec Authority have really done a masterful job in putting together this course.

This course is played on a ski hill. It's about 2 hours north of Mt. Pleasant. There are some very interesting shots on this course. Up hill, through the woods, down hills, tomahawks, a couple ace runs too. My friend played it with me his second time and we were to go play Traverse city course (the one on the abandoned ski hill) the next day. Everyone says Traverse city is better but I disagree. I thought Hanson Hills had more variety and the flow of the course felt much better. I could just be saying this because I was putting way better here than I did at the traverse city course. Either way this course deserves better than a 3.88 should atleast be in the same caliber as Deer Field.

Some of the tee pads are very short making run ups hard but usually those are on the downhill shots so I'm guessing they didnt want long pads here.

There is camping about 5 minutes from the course which makes for a great drive there friday night after work, camp out and wake up early to play. Then you can either travel southwest to Flip City or West to Traverse City. This course is a must play though if you need some elevation in your life! Us michiganders need more than flat courses! IE. Burchfield.

This course is built in my home town and it is wonderful. The elevation changes are the best part of this course. There is also a great amount of tree there for some tech shots along with a few open shots to allow some power shots. this course has the extras needed (Garbage Cans, Signs, Benchs and Cement T-Pads). I also enjoy the good work out I get while playing this course. I love the long downhill shots.

This course has two cons

A. There is sand everywhere.....I know this can't be changed but it still causes me to give this course a slightly worse than perfect rating.
B. The T-pads on this course are small and tacky. They are too skinny and the majority of them are two short.

This hills are intense.....running down them is not recommended. LOL. Last year when i first played the course i was running down the hill on 19 and rolled my ankle. Ruined my vacation and my disc golf for about 2 months.