Scott Ruskanen

Dry Creek is not dry... lets get that out of the way right now. Bring the right gear for dealing with creeks, ponds, and mud. That said... Dry Creek is one fun course. You have a good variety of tee shots, approaches, and some thread the needle shots. Multiple basket locations on every hole make for an ever changing course if they keep with the theme of moving them around a lot. Some nicely mowed grassy areas invite the roller. A meandering Dry Creek comes into play a lot and those SOB's in char ...
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Dry Creek is not dry... lets get that out of the way right now. Bring the right gear for dealing with creeks, ponds, and mud. That said... Dry Creek is one fun course. You have a good variety of tee shots, approaches, and some thread the needle shots. Multiple basket locations on every hole make for an ever changing course if they keep with the theme of moving them around a lot. Some nicely mowed grassy areas invite the roller. A meandering Dry Creek comes into play a lot and those SOB's in charge of basket placement put them close to the waters edge. Pretty easy to follow the layout of this course, I found my way around without to much effort.

The course does go across a road twice.. no big deal. And we don't see a lot of elevation change, but they definitely use what they got to max effect. You will have fun at this course.
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Where are the markers in the parking lot stating that a disc golf course exists? After finding hole one, I took time to nitice that this is one beautiful area. What a great place to put a disc golf course! Although this area is plush with greenery, water only comes into play on 11... dont throw long there. On hole 5 I noticed a 5 foot bullsnake winding through the not to tall grass. As I caught up to mr. snake, he turned and tried to convince me that he was a rattlesnake. I didn't fall for i ...
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Where are the markers in the parking lot stating that a disc golf course exists?

After finding hole one, I took time to nitice that this is one beautiful area. What a great place to put a disc golf course! Although this area is plush with greenery, water only comes into play on 11... dont throw long there. On hole 5 I noticed a 5 foot bullsnake winding through the not to tall grass. As I caught up to mr. snake, he turned and tried to convince me that he was a rattlesnake. I didn't fall for it and picked up the fast moving serpent only to get bit about 5 times in 3 seconds... I let the snake go and watched with some amazement at the speed this guy took off. Mental note... Colorado Bull Snakes don't bluff!
Back to my review... there are a variety of shots for both forehanders and backhanders with a few of the baskets being strategically placed inbetween multiple trees leaving a nice 6 foot wide opening to shoot for. Not nice!
The holes are well marked and have nice descriptive plaques that show a picture and describe each hole. I cant wait to go play this course again!
My reason for not giving this course an A+ is this... only 12 holes... finish the course!
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I pulled up to Edora Park and noticed right away that this multi function activity area is obviously one of Fort Collins' favorite places to go and walk a dog, go for a nice bike ride, go jogging, play horseshoes, and a gaggle of other activities that get the blood moving through ones veins. My round started off nice and easy with an up shot that slid along the finely kept grass that blankets the entire course.My first shot on hole 2 landed right next to the mid sized stream that parralels the ...
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I pulled up to Edora Park and noticed right away that this multi function activity area is obviously one of Fort Collins' favorite places to go and walk a dog, go for a nice bike ride, go jogging, play horseshoes, and a gaggle of other activities that get the blood moving through ones veins. My round started off nice and easy with an up shot that slid along the finely kept grass that blankets the entire course.My first shot on hole 2 landed right next to the mid sized stream that parralels the course and is an issue for inaccurate throws on 5 or 6 holes. As I made my way through the round, it became appearent that most of the disc golfers in Fort Collins love this course. As a new commer to this course, I have to agree with the local disc golfers... this course rocks! Colorado players are very helpful and it was easy to hook up with a group to make it easier to navigate the course my first time through. Half the fun of this course was seeing hundreds of people enjoy the multi use park in which this course is laid out.
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Casper Disc Golf Course has a variety of vegitation and natural looking surroundings. After parking at the North Casper Softball Park, players must navigate over the North Platte River on a nicely built pedestrian bridge. The first thing disc throwers notice after a couple turns is that there are no signs of civilization except for the well maintained bike path... and of course, the single function dics golf course. The scerene backdrop is pleasing to the eye and more than likely, you will see m ...
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Casper Disc Golf Course has a variety of vegitation and natural looking surroundings. After parking at the North Casper Softball Park, players must navigate over the North Platte River on a nicely built pedestrian bridge. The first thing disc throwers notice after a couple turns is that there are no signs of civilization except for the well maintained bike path... and of course, the single function dics golf course. The scerene backdrop is pleasing to the eye and more than likely, you will see many indigineous wildlife species as you traverse this one of a kind course. As for the course itself, it seems that every one of the 18 concrete launch pads were strategically placed to create long thin throwing lanes that either break to the right or left as you near the baskets which are surrounded by huge trees that never let your disc get by without interupting the flight. There's an abundance of fallen branches and deadfall trees.. not to mention cacti and sagebrush. . The baskets are Innova's top of the line. This helps some of those discs stay in as you fight Casper's 10 to 50 mph winds. You can avoid the high winds most mornings between 6 and 10 a.m..But what fun is that? It's true that wind can make an amature out of the most seasoned pro. Since I've been playing for only a few months, I like when the advanced discers I play with have trouble with 10 foot putts. Even though there is an abundance of trees, foilage, ponds and hills, not to mention the North Platte River which skirts the southern edge of the course, I've only lost one disc. That disc was returned to me later by a fellow golfer.
There are at least 4 pin placements on each hole... making for an ever changing course. 16 tee pads are concrete with 2 pads being sand up on the big hill. Speaking of the big hill... Hole 7 gets you going up a 60 foot high hill... Hole 8 is short, but you must throw over a deep ravine. Then come hole 9... The signature hole of this course. What a great view as you try for your personal longest shot ever.
The baskets are always getting moved, so it's like a new course every month or so.
This course just needs a little national attention to become a hotspot for players from around the world. I would love to see a nationally held event at the course.
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