There are a lot of fun holes with good variety of lefty/righty shots with multiple lines to the basket on almost every hole.

Can be played starting from either end of the park. Start on 1 and end on 18 or start on 10 and end on 9.

While there are a few long holes, distance is seldom if ever the primary obstacle. Nothing over 450 here.

Cliffside basket placement and ace runs in some positions makes for some really fun and exciting tee shots.

Multiple basket positions on a few holes that are all interesting and change the dynamics of the hole considerably.

There are a couple holes that I just don't like. Hole 1 is fun but sketchy, especially if it's windy. It's a huge downhill bomber, but you can't throw on the plane of descent, because you have to clear some rather tall trees first, forcing you to throw high off the tee rather than throw downward which makes for some really sketchy situations when the wind is blowing. I have played this hole well, and played it badly as well. It's a crap shoot.

Several shots require a blind tee shot over the walking path or around a blind corner. There is a (albeit small) chance someone could get hurt pretty bad by a not-so-perfect tee shot and that is just no fun for anyone.

Rock Creek can be a real rager at times. If you throw in the water there is little chance you will be able to retrieve your disc, it is just gonzo. Buh-bye. Thankfully there are really only two holes where this is of any real concern - 1 and 9.

Hole 17 is sort of the pits. It's hard uphill, over rocks and through sagebrush and cheat grass, just sort of unpleasant. Maybe I am just bitter I have never shot lower than a 4 on this hole. Hole 18 is also uphill and a little bit longer, but I par that hole pretty reliably as there is a good line. 17 is just a "huck and hope" hole for me. I usually throw a thumber here but it seldom gets very far.

This is a fun and challenging course with a variety of scenery and shots that is hard to match elsewhere. I prefer this course over the one at CSI. It's a beautiful place, family/kids can picnic in the park and have a nice walk while I play a round, which is a plus in my book.

Worth going a little out of your way to play it if you are passing through. I have played it twice on day trips from Boise, about a 2.5 hour drive. It's a nice change of scenery.

Beauty: First and foremost, Rock Creek Park is an incredibly beautiful rocky gorge cut out of steep rock walls by Rock Creek. We played in spring before most of the trees filled in which allowed for expansive views of the rock bluffs, many waterfalls, and the powerful springtime Rock Creek. From start to finish, the course captures a lot of the more interesting components of the park including water shots, basket placement on steep rock terrain, and big elevation shots.

Variety: Variety comes in the form of frequent elevation changes, tight turns wrapping around the river or rock walls, and from fairways which are 100 percent air to tightly constricted. You'll need most of the shots in your bag here, with perhaps the exception of long-bombs with high speed drivers.

Challenging OB: OB comes in two forms here: First, from a paved walking path that splits the two sides of the course - on many of the holes, skipping across this path is a very real possibility for any poorly thrown shot. The second is the more natural creek hazard which lines the right side of many of the front nine. While on most holes, it is fairly easily avoidable, in spring time when we played, it was bumping right up within just a few feet of pin placements.

Challenge: Don't get me wrong, several holes out here are VERY challenging and have awesome risk/reward opportunities, but, on the whole, the course isn't what it could be. I'd absolutely love to see several of these fairways doubled up for much longer par three and even a couple of par four holes. Because of the walking path that splits the front and back nine of this course, it would probably be quite unsafe to design holes where high speed drivers would likely be thrown. But I can dream though ...

Tweeners:The description on this course lists it as 'very technical' and 'unforgiving' and for a few holes, this is indeed the case. But for the vast majority of holes, the course is pretty straightforward with quite a few birdies. Several of the technical holes in the pin positions we played seemed overly treed (and I don't often say this!) with very small available openings which had real potential to put you in the circle. Most lines on these overly technical holes allowed you to easily reach 50-60' out though, making for 'tweeners' which are easily threed and very rarely four'd or two'd.

Watch out noobs!: with steep drop-offs, several places to lose discs in the creek, and lots of 'no-no' places, this course is not designed for the newest players. Although several holes are straight-forward, I couldn't imagine a loop of holes that would be easily accessed and appropriate for true novices.

You probably picked this up already but I highly, highly recommend this course for everyone but very new players. Perhaps locals to the mountain west get to see terrain like this on a more frequent basis, but this course blew my flatlander mind! I've never played through such a fun, rugged, rock strewn park.

Marmot/Squirrels: Another really unique feature of this course is the ABUNDANCE of whistlin' marmots that live on the rock walls lining the course. Walking around the first transition bend to the back section of holes, we saw ~15 of the guys scurry from the grass to their safe rock dens, whistling and chirping warning calls all the way. Why were they so afraid you ask? I'm guessing the live .22 caliber shell we found while playing the course might have something to do with it!

Rock Creek has some of the most unique holes I've ever seen and will ever see again. The course plays right along a fast flowing river near some awesome looking vertical rock cliffs that do come into play in some very fun and challenging ways. There is a decent amount of elevation at the course mainly at the beginning and ending of the course. Hole one is a large drop in elevation towards a basket that is protected by the river behind it, I think most advanced players are using putters and can master this hole after a couple times out but this is fun hole and a good start to good course. There are many instances where the rock wall comes into play but I have never seen anything like one of the holes on the course in the back nine (I can't remember which holes and the numbers were a bit fishy but I'll go more into depth on that later) that has you throw shot that has trees guarding the left side and the right side is the rock wall and your best shot is to hit off the rock wall with your disc and ricochet it towards the basket. I can see local players finding the best spot to hit the wall to get a birdie. Hole eight is an interesting pin position located up on one of the bluffs of the rock creek and the tee pad on the ground. This is a fun hole but I think a limb or two of trimming would open up a better route to this very protected basket. It seems there are multiple pins here that mix it up a bit as well. Make sure you bring a camera to this place to take a photograph or two, you won't regret it.

Since the river is running right next to course some of the tee pads and baskets can be underwater or wet and the pads get turned to mud since they are grass or natural pads, fortunately there seems to be temporary tee pads on some holes to help you out. It seems as if there was a redesign sometime in the last year or so because the tee signs all had bad information on them as far as distance as well as which hole number we were playing. This combined with some of the longer walks between holes could lead to some of the course being hard to navigate. There is also a walking/jogging trail that runs right through most of the course that could get really busy during the Summer months. I feel as though this course could use a couple more longer holes including a par four or five to add challenge and fun to the course.

While we were there playing near the rock wall there were Prairie Dogs (I think that's what they were) screeching at us or barking and they were everywhere! When we were playing near the hole with the basket on the bluff near the rock wall (that's where they make their home I believe) they went into the rocks and hid from us but there were still a couple of ones barking or screeching at us, kind of weird. Anyway this is a good course to combo with CSI for a day trip or a stop between Boise and Pocatello. Solid course and some great views with unique holes, I recommend stopping.

There is some really fun use of elevation and the course makes good use of the regional features of the river and cliffs. There is a nice variety of required shots with a couple of "longish" holes. Most shots are fairly short and technical.

More consistent teepads and signage would help a lot here. Also there are quite a few holes where the fairways cross and it is difficult without a map or a local to know exactly where you are going. Additionally, if the course were crowded or in a tourney, this could be a mess.

Clearly the local dg club has made some major improvements. You can see that a lot of brush has been moved, and it seems to be getting consistantly better.