This course is one of the few north of Spokane and is a full 18 around and through a large wooded camp and conference center. The camp is along Deer Lake which is pretty but doesn't come into play. The course starts by the lake and works it's way around the property, skirting buildings and fences. There is a good variety of holes, from straight through a field to a seemingly impossible shot on 16 that I drove for a shot at birdie. !6 seems like a con, thick forest with no line, but I stepped back, dug deep, and found a line. Choose to see it as a challenge.

There is a decent shot selection necessary, altho there are many straight forward holes. While the area is flat, the designers made pretty good use of the terrain available to make it challenging.

The baskets are home made and very unique. Very basic materials were used but they caught surprisingly well, better than the single chain and many double chain professional baskets.

While I liked this course, there are quite a few. The tee pads are natural and not well defined. Hole 9 tee signs is placed in an area where you can't do a full drive safely and is one of the longer holes. The map is inaccurate on many holes and there are no distances on the tee signs, making walking forward to find the pin necessary on many holes on the back. The sign for 2 is missing, and a couple signs don't lead easily to the pin.

The pins are showing wear and 8 is almost unusable. The Listed par is too high for anyone but beginners, especially since the course has been shortened. I added blue tees with PDGA pars which made my round 8 over rather than 11 under.

Some holes are very short and repetitive, either open and straight or slight dog leg. A couple play tight around buildings, making for potentially hazardous throws.

One I didn't personally run into but I imagine can be bad is during the summer if the camp is busy the course may be very difficult to play safely. It would probably be a good idea to call ahead during the summer when school is out.

This was a great day to play this course, there were hardly any people around and I saw more wildlife than I have ever seen on a course. Deer, turkeys, various birds including a woodpecker, and I saw bear scat.
This is a neat course that I enjoyed playing despite the problems. I hope they do some improvements, I appreciate courses like this. And the couple running the resort were very nice. This is a hard one to rate, definitely some problems but I enjoyed it and the amenities were good. Not a pro course but a solid amateur offering.