Truckee Travel Guide

"It feels like you're playing in the wilderness – and you are!" – at this "stunning" "hidden gem" near Tahoe that's "carved out of the trees and rocks" "with no houses around"; it's "a roller coaster" ("too tricked up") and has "no driving range", but most are over the moon about the "great service", "outstanding conditioning" and relative "value": "verdant vistas plus fresh mountain air equals near perfection for the price."

"If only the course was as easy as its ski mountain" say alpine aces about this "long, narrow and tough" layout in a "beautiful" "setting in the high Sierras backdropped by Lake Tahoe" with a "tight", "woodsy front" half and a "tricky", "wide-open" back; though "everything flies just a little farther than usual" this high up, some rocket-launching linksters lament that with "burnt fairways", "irregular greens" and a "total disconnect between the two nines", "the only thing that takes your breath away" here "is the altitude."

The "beautiful" "vistas sometimes get in the way" at this "truly superb" "mountain course that plays like a traditional risk/reward" layout thanks to a "challenging Jack Nicklaus design" (thus, "most holes turn left to right") featuring "tough greens" and "great conditioning"; it's "not the cheapest course in the Tahoe area, but it's one of the best", with "top-class service" and "tremendous practice facilities" to explain why golfers "can't wait to get back."