Snowmass Club

The thin mountain air at 8,200 feet turns this challenging layout into a different animal entirely, where your 7-iron suddenly carries like a 5-iron and putting on these undulating bentgrass greens requires serious local knowledge. Jim Engh's redesign maximized the dramatic elevation changes and creek-crossed fairways that weave through aspen groves, creating strategic decisions on nearly every tee shot. Summer conditioning rivals any private club in the Rockies, and the par-3 15th over the valley remains one of Colorado's most photographed holes for good reason.