Pros:
Pinebrook is a really excellent up and down adventure in the forest hills. My discs thought they were lumberjack axes nearly the entire day here, bouncing manically off the trees in utter glee.
There were two tees and typically one basket per hole. The first several holes at the State Park level here in terms of distance and shape, a bit on the easy side too. And then comes number 8. This long treed bowl that starts a little elevated, descends for an extended fairway, ending either at a steep or utterly impossible steep basket -- there were two to pick from: bad or worse. Or in Pinebrook's vernacular, sheep or goats.
If cursing is an indicator of fun, I had plenty here. Never taking the Lord's name in vain, mind you. Just a lotta "heck darns" and "gosh darn its!" I felt like Ned Flanders.
And so the course continued, with a lot of wonderfully weird and twisty curves my noodle arm could vaguely define as left or right and just pile on some hope. Blind shots galore. Like I was solving equations of of an advanced calculus book to predict where it would end and here mom thought Disc Golf would only make me stupider. Nah, I'm throwing my Discmania Genius endorsed by Einstein. It's even signed by him, cost $$$ on ebay for that.
Halfway up one big fairway with the basket in a galaxy far far away. My shot followed the fairway, straight on and then far down the slope to the left. I hit the gap of trees and by some miracle it landed parked. I felt accomplished and proud of that one good, lucky shot during my +300 round. Not many courses can give you that sense of accomplishment in a sea of quadruple-bogey despair.
Tees and signs were fine. Illustrated but still laminated paper atm.
I probably won't drive up here often, but when I do, I know I'll gladly sharpen my discs next time.
Cons:
My biggest problem was finding where to park. When you find the big DG sign, yup, just park on that grassy hill. Since it rained, I parked on the nearby gravel spots because it wasn't Sunday or Summer and no one was there. You should see a row of staggered benches walking in. Basket 18 is up straight ahead and #1 is to the right.
You're asked not to play Sundays until Noon.
There seems to be a 9 course within the 18, for faster kiddie rounds. Some holes have dual numbers.
No amenities on course that I have seen.
Other Thoughts:
Woo, saw snow first time this season compared to SE PA. Fun state level+ course. Most definitely a destination.
Yetter is five minutes away and an easy second round just to assuage yourself with the mantra "Yes, I know how to throw a disc, no matter what the baskets at Pinebrook say."