Skamania Lodge - The Gorge 9

This is an unsung golf course. I thiink sokwone has to play it to appreciate it. It's so worth the drive and it's not pretentious, yet has all the features to challenge and intrigue me to keep coming back.

Enjoyed the course. Played in 4 hours on a Saturday. Good pace. Bring lots of balls!

At the risk of piling on -- I fully agree with the majority of reviews here. You MUST hit it straight, and there is little reward for the long hitter. The course measures less than 5400 yards from the white tees, with several par 4's in the 300 yard range.

This was my second time at this course; I hit driver twice (once OB, the other with little advantage), and kept it in play with my 5 wood. For the 20+ handicapper, the rule is "Course Management" to ensure an enjoyable round.

For a resort course, I was surprised by the lack of resort amenities during our round -- no marshals or hosts, no beverage cart, a mediocre 19th hole snack bar. I would have expected better.

Highlight of the day: making a birdie on the Par 5 18th hole. Hit my 5 wood three times and finished with a 10 foot putt!

This is a gorgeous course in the Columbia River Gorge. It's part of an equally gorgeous resort that I have stayed at w/o playing golf. It's a tight mountain course. The ball is either in the fairway or lost...down a cliff or in a berry patch. And the layout tries to sucker you into hitting the wrong club. Do not be ashamed to hit an iron off the tee. One hole, we hit 8 irons on a par 4. We found the fairway and had a 9 iron to the green, what's wrong with that?! The course is in immaculate condition and a real pleasure to play. You just have to play within your game.

Having played Skamania a few years ago, I was enthused to play on this beautiful track once again. However, extremely slow play with timid marshaling, bird house cabin construction on the back nine, frequent non-golfers walking on the cart paths, and a general feeling of management coping with the facility rather than enhancing it, all left me a bit empty. Perhaps management has improvement plans for the future, until then the golf experience will continue to disappoint.

Stopped over for a Sunday night and played 18 Monday morning. The price is cheap for what you get when you play here. Definitely worth it. The pro shop staff is excellent. Tight course with lots of trees and brush on the sides, but that lends to the feeling of being the only one out there.

Played many times at this course. Always a challenge,great layout. Bring extra balls you are going to need them.The staff there are the best.

LOve Skamania golf course. Have played it 22 times in last few years. The views are so stunning sometimes it is difficult to put all your mind into the golf.

Come for the views and enjoy the golf. Not long, but narrow fairways and some challenging greens make for a nice test of your skills. You won't forget the day you played at Skamania.

This is a beautiful course in the trees. The course was in great condition, pace was great. Guy is the pro and was very helpful. There are some tight fairways here so hit straight.
Will definitely play here again.

Course in good shape. Beautiful. Quite narrow.

One of my favorite courses close to Portland, Oregon.
Friendly service along with good facilities. Have the wife spend a day at the spa while you have fun on the course.

Love the challenge, had a hard time leaving my driver in the bag. Thought it was challenging and fun. I would definitely come back.

great Course, Fun to play, best score for me a 77 on a tough course. great staff!! no forgiveness on missing fairways so bring extra balls, nice range and putting green. Great Views of the Columbia River.

Excellent views with narrow fairways. Stay in bounds with control and it's a great course.

Scamania is an exceptionally maintained course with the best fairways I've played on for cources in the mountains. This course truly requires patience and accuracy is president to to distance if you ar keeping score.

First time here. Not sure why , but glad we finally made it. The views and the layout were to die for. A hidden jewel in the Columbia River Gorge. A must play course we will definitely be going back.

I love everything about this course! It's unforunet though that the pace of play everytime I'm here is terrible!! It took nearly 6 hours to play 18. The groups were already backing up on the 3rd tee box. It wasn't even a weekend. Friday morning tee time at 10:30 should be able to get through this course in just under 4 hours. I don't know what there theory is with their marshalls but they need to be a little more firm when asking people to increase their pace. Sitting around at every tee box gets a little annoying!