Pros:
Makoshika DGC is such a unique course. At least from this midwesterner's perspective. I've never played anything like this. Nothing even close. The course plays through the Montana badlands in a beautiful, secluded park. The disc golf plays in an area dedicated to it. No outside interference. Heck, you'll probably be the only group there most of the time.
As the previous reviewer said, The baskets have been upgraded to nice new Discatchers. These are all mounted nice and level, are pretty easy to spot and catch great. One pin position per hole.
Concrete tees now at every hole as well. These are nice sized. Nothing too massive but plenty large enough for most players. Especially for the rec basket positions.
The tee signs are solid. They had the distances, pars, an arrow showing the shape of the shot required and a basic, albeit helpful, hole map. The map showed distances to the different mesas on many of the holes. The signs were also color coordinated to differentiate between the two signs. Blue for Pro, red for Rec.
There's apparently nice maps in the office where you register. The office was closed for lunch when we arrived. If that's the case, there's a nice course map at the parking lot, showing both the red and blue positions for all holes. Snap a picture on your phone if need be. Especially with the reception being kind of spotty. May not be able to bring one up on your phone. That being said. We had zero issue navigating this course our first time playing it. Many of the tees and signs for the next hole are within 10 to 20 feet away from the previous basket.
Not sure if this was the case before they upgraded the baskets and tees, but there's now a 9 hole Pro course or the 18 hole Rec course. Kind of a cool touch. And the Pro set up is definitely more challenging than Rec. Good way to make it appeal to more skill levels while using the same amount of space. Speaking of which, the designers used this space to great effect. Excellent job fitting these holes in this space and not making it feel crammed in. Well done.
Cons:
The heat is intense out here under the sun. There's only a few places to find some shade. And that even depends on where the sun is in the sky. Early morning or later evening would seem to be the ideal times to play here.
Even with the maps showing distances between the mesas. It's hard to judge the distances. It's kind of decieving to the eye whether you landed on top of one or in the gulley below. Not so much a con, just an observation. But with how hot it can get out here, it'd be best to have a spotter if possible. Especially, actually mostly for the Pro positions. Less of an issue from the rec tees.
A few of the latter holes get a bit repetitive. Probably 5 of the last 6 are basically just RHBH shots. Shaping from right to left. One of them, 15 or 16 I think, is a comically shaped hole. Without teeing off from the tee sideways, up and over the hill, there's really no way to get that close. The hole plays as a U shape, with the basket probably being further back than the tee on one end of the U.
Other Thoughts:
This course is going right into my favorites. I've been wanting to play this one badly since seeing it for a hole of the day awhile back and checking out the pictures. This one did NOT disappoint. In fact it exceeded my expectations. As others have said, if this one's not in your wishlist, it should be.
I'd recommend going substantially out of your way to play here. Even with it basically being in the middle of nowhere. This is one of those places where you spend more time looking around and admiring the natural beauty than you do worrying about you next shot. A true gem of a course.